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Since the 855 or even earlier, Qualcomm had always a notebook derivate SoC (which were not much faster than the mobile phone version). However, the M1 is now th
by desmap 6y ago
Since the 855 or even earlier, Qualcomm had always a notebook derivate SoC (which were not much faster than the mobile phone version). However, the M1 is now the reference for any ARM licensee and anyone at Qualcomm's scale should have some answer to Apple's SoC, especially then when the create some press buzz around a new SoC with a fancy name.
- piyh 6y agoThe magic of M1 is its x86 emulation speed with it's memory flag which I'm guessing is not something that has been on the roadmap for Qualcomm until recently. Even then you need integrate all the hardware/software partners instead of Apple's vertical integration. Even if they have M1 level performance without the good emulation, what's the point if it's stuck with windows RT?
- desmap 6y agoWindows RT isn't too bad. You wouldn't actually notice a difference. A decade ago (or less), I had the first RT-based Surface running native Word processing a 300-pages PhD paper, it was running buttersmooth and cool, all the time. I think this is more about MS' commitment to ARM than a software problem.
- mattnewton 6y agoWeird, my experience with that same device when it launched was noticible input lag while trying to use explorer and microsoft word at the same time. The stuttering was so bad, scrolling and typing could take 100's of ms - now I wonder if I wrote off the whole RT experiment because I got a lemon or malware.
- desmap 6y agoNo stuttering, no input lag, we must have had different machines. Native apps were super responsive.
- mastax 6y agoWindows RT doesn't exist anymore, it's just Windows. I think the only limitation of the ARM version is you can't buy it at retail.
- cozzyd 6y agoOr they could share their driver source and you can run Linux on it.