> I would guess the M1 was designed rapidly How rapidly? And so how come it has such spectacular performance? Or the shortcomings of the x86 arch were so, so s

> I would guess the M1 was designed rapidly How rapidly? And so how come it has such spectacular performance? Or the shortcomings of the x86 arch were so, so soooo obvious, but nobody had the resources to reaaallly give a go to a modern arch? Or maybe, simply the requirements were a lot more exact/concrete and clear? (But the M1 performs well in general, no?)