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Can we also take a moment to reflect on the odd shape of the M1’s heatspreader? It looks like a normal heatspreader sawn in half.
by etaioinshrdlu 5y ago
Can we also take a moment to reflect on the odd shape of the M1’s heatspreader? It looks like a normal heatspreader sawn in half.
- floatingatoll 5y agoPerhaps it’s just “We turned out to only need half of the design thermal capacity” meets “let’s break the mold” in half.
- philistine 5y agoIt's literally designed to fit in the space previously used by the fan. They took all the internal shortcuts they could NOT to redesign that machine.
- compactdisc 5y agocame here to say this, kinda. m1 is a chip designed to fit into their current lineup. it makes sense to launch m2 with redesigned hardware or after a hardware redesign. ergo, the M2 will need to fit in the chassis of the new iMac. hardware redesign + new in-house chip = a lot of time I'd be amazed if this even drops this year instead of early 2022 with how long apple's release cycles are. think they'll prob roll out the smaller MBP, the Air, the mini redesigns in the fall/winter, while keeping the current 16" lineup. they'll launch the 16" and larger iMac at next summer's WWDC.
- etaioinshrdlu 5y agoHow do you know it was designed for their current lineup?
- BugsJustFindMe 5y agoIt's exactly the same design as the A12X.