Great points. I remember back in (good lord) 2011 when the MRI research was shown [1] I'm very excited about the new m1. While I'm tempted to buy it, I also ca

Great points. I remember back in (good lord) 2011 when the MRI research was shown [1] I'm very excited about the new m1. While I'm tempted to buy it, I also can't wait to see what they do with it in their pro models. Or what the second generation looks like. The competition is great for everyone, and Apple going all in on arm as they run from Intel's manufacturing failures is very well-timed. I think this was somewhat inevitable, to be sure. Microsoft had Qualcomm and AMD processors in their surface [2], and I think as TSMC continues to dominate in manufacturing, we will see really exciting gains. Also, I'm thrilled that CPUs are coming with tensor cores now. I think fast matrix operations might be separated from gpus (at the least, you no longer need a >$400 gpu for it), and that's a win for everyone, too. In two years, we could be able to reimplement early neural network research on a macbook air! (I mean, you already can, but instead of taking minutes/hours/days, even more recent things become accessible) [1] https://www.engadget.com/2011-05-17-bbc-loving-apple-looks-like-a-religion-to-an-mri-scan.html https://www.engadget.com/2011-05-17-bbc-loving-apple-looks-l... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20888999/microsoft-surface-pro-x-laptop-3-custom-processor-qualcomm-amd-specs https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20888999/microsoft-surfac...