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Is it possible that Apple is calling their chips Apple Silicon for reasons other than marketing? Since Apple now plans to design and manufacture chips for all t
by tumblewit 5y ago
Is it possible that Apple is calling their chips Apple Silicon for reasons other than marketing? Since Apple now plans to design and manufacture chips for all their products it’s also possible Apple comes up with an ARM compatible instruction set rather than ARM instruction set to avoid any issues with ARM being part of such takeovers. Just a wild theory since no one has yet (probably legal reasons) done a deep dive into the M1 processor.
- 310260 5y agoI would say no if only because it's easier to find talent that understands ARM than it is to teach talent about the nuances of your own single-platform instruction set.
- capableweb 5y agoI think that argument would apply in a lot of places but most likely it wouldn't apply in Apple that are famous for their "not invented here" attitude across the company.
- hilios 5y agoThere can be no such thing as an ARM compatible instruction set that is not an ARM instruction set. Either it supports the necessary instructions then it is an ARM instruction (possibly super)set or it doesn't then it's incompatible.
- m463 5y agoApple was one of the founders of ARM.