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Isn’t this a RISC vs CISC thing though? AMD and Intel use a lot of complicated stuff to emulate the x86 instructions with a VM running on a RISC core. Apple con
by willyt 6y ago
Isn’t this a RISC vs CISC thing though? AMD and Intel use a lot of complicated stuff to emulate the x86 instructions with a VM running on a RISC core. Apple controls hardware and software including LLVM so they compile efficient RISC code right from the get go. It’s their vertical integration thing again.
- willyt 6y agoDon't just downvote me, explain. I'm asking because I'm interested. Why is my hypothesis wrong?
- JVIDEL 6y agoYou got a point in the optimization part, it's difficult to compare both chips when you're running on completely different OSs, specially when one of them ruins a specially optimized OS like ios The closest it could get I think would be running a variant of Unix optimized for the Ryzen.
- willyt 6y agoRISC v CISC https://arstechnica.com/features/1999/10/rvc/ https://arstechnica.com/features/1999/10/rvc/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2008/05/risc-vs-cisc-mobile-era/3/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2008/05/risc-vs-cisc-mobile-...