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It's certainly an impressive achievement and makes it pretty clear why Apple is transitioning away from Intel. I'm a bit surprised that the fact that this is on
by CitizenKane 6y ago
It's certainly an impressive achievement and makes it pretty clear why Apple is transitioning away from Intel. I'm a bit surprised that the fact that this is on the TSMC 5nm process seems to be glossed over in the comments. Apple is benefitting from some what seem like on the surface to be significant process improvements. Will be interesting to see how other players take advantage of it as well.
- phire 6y agoNo, the gains from Apple's A13 (TSMC 7nm) to Apple's A14 (TSMC 5nm and same cores as the M1) really aren't that large. About average for a node jump. This is mostly about architecture, not silicon process. From A13 to A14, Apple managed to increase the clockspeed by about 15% and increase IPC by 5% all while keeping power consumption the same.
- CitizenKane 6y agoI believe that remains to be seen. I'm not sure if they were able to effectively take advantage of the new process right away, perhaps not. It looks impressive, but it's hard to say until we have some kind of more direct comparison.