Not sure why this bubbled up here. It did have one interesting tidbit I've not seen before regarding extensions to ARM: - "WKdm compression/decompression instr

Not sure why this bubbled up here. It did have one interesting tidbit I've not seen before regarding extensions to ARM: - "WKdm compression/decompression instructions, those are used as part of the virtual memory subsystem for fast memory compression, reducing RAM requirements." I'm utterly fascinated by memory performance on the M1. On the one hand, every time I turn around someone has a different explanation for why it seems so much better than it's Mac Intel counterparts. (And every time 15 people rush in to explain that "no isn't any better") Here is yet another. Not sure what the deal is, but after picking up a MBA with only 8GB for my wife, I've been quite pleasantly surprised. Memory issues seem to be almost non-existent. Even when running Xcode which tends to bog on my 16" MacBook Pro.