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Only a die-shot, it's disappointing that there's no comment or explanation. But the website advertises: > A DFR report will be available to TechInsights subscr
by segfaultbuserr 6y ago
Only a die-shot, it's disappointing that there's no comment or explanation. But the website advertises:
> A DFR report will be available to TechInsights subscribers on Apple's M1 disruptive chip architecture in January 2021.
So I assume the actual write-up is still a work-in-progress. Perhaps we just need to be patient and come back a month later.
- dannyw 6y agoThe actual report will be thousands of dollars because it's for industry professionals trying to compete with Apple's M1.
- dismalpedigree 6y agoThe “reports” are targeted at competitors who want to know how and what Apple did. They are quite expensive for a consumer or casual user. The are more than just a document. A DFR includes in depth analysis, hundreds of supporting images, and usually access to the Circuit Vision for it. CV is a viewer that allows drilling into the chip down to viewing individual transistors along with the chip schematics. Think map tiles but for a chip. Disclosure: I work at TechInsights.
- jsjohnst 6y ago> Only a die-shot, it's disappointing that there's no comment or explanation. A die shot that Apple themselves showed at the event. Which has had the same level of annotations previously by Anantech. Sure, the DFR in early 2021 will be much more detailed, but also expensive to the point 0.001% of HN viewers will actually be able to see it. As such, I think your skepticism of this being worthy of home page billing is not out of line. For the record, this is not meant to be a dig at TechInsights. I’ve seen a DFR before and they really are good for what they are, it’s just not something most HNers would gain value from, even if it were free.