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The poster stated "M1 type chips". That is not setting an expectation that Apple will sell their chips. Microsoft already have a Surface product with an ARM ch
by zerkten 5y ago
The poster stated "M1 type chips". That is not setting an expectation that Apple will sell their chips.
Microsoft already have a Surface product with an ARM chip that didn't get updated in this round AFAIK. It already has solid ARM performance, but it's not as good as M1. It was let down with how well x86 emulation worked, but there seem to have been improvements including x64 support. If they focused on improvements with the chip design then they could see improvements along the lines of Apple. It's a question of whether the investment is made rather than whether it's possible.
- zucker42 5y agoNo other company has the volume to economically build on TSMC's leading node.
- foobiekr 5y agoWhile a lot of the M1 advantage over Intel and AMD is process node, the advantage over the rest of the ARM and RISCV ecosystem is substantially more than that. The team that built the M1 is a collection of top tier ASIC designers that came from several acquisitions, from PA Semi forward. The Qualcomms and Caviums and so on just aren't in the same league. Lord spare me another tarball of garbage and random kernel patches called an "SDK." They don't really have the same bench and don't pay top dollar and it shows. It is unlikely that there will be an M1 equivalent from any of those guys. Intel? AMD? Absolutely.