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Apple phones do not use ARM-designed processors. They just implement the same instruction set. If it’s possible for Apple to develop a mobile processor independ
by umanwizard 7y ago
Apple phones do not use ARM-designed processors. They just implement the same instruction set. If it’s possible for Apple to develop a mobile processor independently of ARM, why shouldn’t it be possible for Intel?
- selectodude 7y agoIt is. They made ARM chips for years and still hold a license.
- mschuster91 7y ago> If it’s possible for Apple to develop a mobile processor independently of ARM, why shouldn’t it be possible for Intel? Apple holds an ARM architecture license (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Architectural_licence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#Architectural...) and to this day the Apple CPUs are ARM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12X).
- umanwizard 7y agoRead my comment again. You are restating exactly what I said. Apple designs processors that implement the arm64 instruction set. They do NOT use processors designed by ARM (the company).
- LASR 7y agoApple’s CPU execute the ARM ISA. But they are not ARM IP designs. They are instead custom built in-house.