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Probably has something to do with the 5nm process.
by macawfish 6y ago
Probably has something to do with the 5nm process.
- wmf 6y agoQualcomm and Samsung have access to 5nm.
- macawfish 6y agoI did some more research after commenting and found that while surely the 5nm transistors help this processor to run cool and stable, it's the packaging that really brings the speed. Everything being integrated right there means less latency, which likely means less need for caching, less stuff stuck waiting in RAM, etc. I'm not a fan of Apple's domineering business strategies, but this SoC is impressive. I have to imagine AMD and Intel will follow up with something similar (a tightly integrated SoC aimed at higher performance applications).