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> the M1 as a demonstration of the power of modern ARM chips is absolutely unmatched I feel like it's more a demonstration of Apple's competency in vertical in
by Kopiks 6y ago
> the M1 as a demonstration of the power of modern ARM chips is absolutely unmatched
I feel like it's more a demonstration of Apple's competency in vertical integration, cultivating talent, reducing the impact of politics on product/technical quality and ensuring productivity within and between technical teams. Aspects where Intel has abjectly failed and hasn't found any solutions for.
Intel has tried repeatedly to push into new areas, but they've failed every time. Meanwhile, Apple has somehow figured out how to push into new market segments successfully in a crazy consistent way and the M1 is a clear indication of how healthy and functional they are as a business. Like, when was their last real failure?
- ravi-delia 6y agoApple is absolutely leading on this front, starting in the phone space. That being said, I don't think their lead over other distributors is especially large. Apple has taken ARM seriously, and built performance chips in their mobile devices that if not for thermal constraints would handily compete with x86 systems. That being said, the same is true of a Snapdragon. Apple ARM, and certainly M1, is better than the competition, but that's because no one else has looked for performance from ARM. The chip designers haven't really been pushed yet. Now that M1 has demonstrated what can happen when the technology is freed from the phone, we'll see people catch up.
- fomine3 6y agoI believe Apple has significant advantage to design CPU cores compared to Qualcomm. They acqhired PA Semi team and has been designing great performance cores continuously compared to ARM Cortex (Especially for Single threaded). Qualcomm no longer develop own CPU core since ARMv8 transition.