Well, everyone knows now that the 'X nm' naming doesn't actually mean much when looking at the whole chip, which is why we're talking about transistors per area

Well, everyone knows now that the 'X nm' naming doesn't actually mean much when looking at the whole chip, which is why we're talking about transistors per area. Also, Apple has been designing modern chips with massive production volumes for a while, and IBM... hasn't (in fact, they've mostly sold off their former fabrication capabilities). So that's why my expectations were a little different.