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Is there something about ARM chips which makes them more well suited to being used in a device that has a cellular modem?
by woah 6y ago
Is there something about ARM chips which makes them more well suited to being used in a device that has a cellular modem?
- vlovich123 6y agoCheaper because it’s something that’s done on a daily basis in the mobile industry. Not technically difficult but Apple’s entire stack aside from laptop/desktop is ARM. That means everything from drivers to silicon integration is “done” for ARM. You’ve still maybe got system integration differences you need to spend engineering cycles on since it’s a different form factor but everywhere else you’re sharing costs.
- r00fus 6y agoIt could be that was the entire goal with Intel's 5G efforts (that failed). The licensing of the 5G chip is probably what's driving this - and that's on Qualcomm.