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> possibly to avoid trademark issues with ARM I suspect it's more of a branding/positioning thing. ARM has an association with low power devices like smartpho
by skohan 6y ago
> possibly to avoid trademark issues with ARM
I suspect it's more of a branding/positioning thing. ARM has an association with low power devices like smartphones, and Apple wants to position this as something new, exciting, and better than x86.
- jurmous 6y agoApple Silicon encompasses more than the ARM CPU. It also includes an Apple GPU, Apple Neural Engine, Secure Enclave and more. If you only point to the ARM part you overlook most of the other parts of the chip. The CPU cores are like less than 25% of the layout? Layout of the A12: https://cdn.iphoneincanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/A12_575px.jpg https://cdn.iphoneincanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/A12...
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI mean, by that logic, does calling a modern intel cpu x86 discount the integrated graphics, which are also very significant?