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Dual CPUs never made any sense. That’s why they are doing emulation and binary conversion. Maybe Apple adds the i86 instruction set as a module in their SOCs,
by valuearb 6y ago
Dual CPUs never made any sense. That’s why they are doing emulation and binary conversion.
Maybe Apple adds the i86 instruction set as a module in their SOCs, but they aren’t paying intel CPU prices on their ARM Macs.
- snowwrestler 6y agoDid I misinterpret today? Didn't Apple just release a machine with ARM and Intel?
- monocasa 6y agoIt's an ARM only Developer Kit.
- snowwrestler 6y agoAh. I saw references to "dual architecture" online but looks like that means Apple will be releasing new Intel machines even as they are encouraging everyone to port their apps to ARM. The "dual" part just means two different lines of machines that will be sold contemporaneously for a little while, not two architectures inside one machine. Oh well, I got excited for a minute there.
- freehunter 6y agoIt’s an ARM chip that can run x86 software using translation tools (Rosetta).