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How would make ARM chip DDR RAM cheaper? I expect Apple to finally fix cooling and power management, but that is all.
by jankotek 6y ago
How would make ARM chip DDR RAM cheaper? I expect Apple to finally fix cooling and power management, but that is all.
- christkv 6y agoI think we will see custom acceleration hardware in the future to support stuff like video editing
- monadic2 6y agoHow big is that market?
- the_other 6y agoHuge. Everyone edits video now.
- monadic2 6y agoYea, not in a way that requires specialized hardware though. Edits on the phone are already virtually instantaneous.
- manicdee 6y ago… because of the specialised hardware and the tiny video resolutions supported.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoTiny? 2688x1242 isn’t tiny. Neither is 4K at 60fps.
- Arcanum-XIII 6y agoWithout color grading or other usual video correction. Once you start to tinker with your images, the picture change quite a lot for the cpu/gpu
- NickNameNick 6y agoBig enough that they already sell an fpga card for the Mac pro to do it.
- gruez 6y agoDon't most computers already have hardware accelerated encode/decode via cpu/gpu?
- CodeWriter23 6y agoThe real point is, Apple is an integration company that has now added self-made silicon to its toolset. Whereas in the past, they created the M chips for tracking motion in phones and watches, and the T chips for Secure Enclave and Secure Storage, the roadmap Apple displayed during the keynote indicates they are going to create specialty chips for any application that makes sense.
- mindfulhack 6y agoBy saving money on CPU, they can now pack in more RAM to keep the price up, and give the machines a competitive edge.
- Wandfarbe 6y agoRAM Prices on Mac where never reasonable. Upgrade prices where never reasonable. Why would Apple ever reduce upgrade prices just because they might save 100$ on a CPU? And why would you assume that the development of your own inhouse ARM CPU would make such a financial difference? After all, you have to develop a CPU. And what? Apple reports over 25% profit; Why would you even assume that Apple is doing anything for you? They could easily reduce there profit margin for you. They don't.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoIt's a fallacy to believe that costs have anything to do with prices, except as a lower bound.
- fomine3 6y agoAnyway Apple charges too much for DRAM capacity CTO option so Apple could cut prices now if they wish.
- acomjean 6y agoI wonder how much they’ll save. They sell millions of cpus and can distribute the engineering cost across them, but compared to amds/intels processor numbers it seems small. Plus it seems that the fact that they now need developer to write video drivers/ compiler optimizations etc are all additional costs. They payoff can be big, but so are the risks.