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So we force Apple to migrate away from ARM? Or should the next iPhone have a swappable CPU?
by bnt 5y ago
So we force Apple to migrate away from ARM? Or should the next iPhone have a swappable CPU?
- dcow 5y agoI’m not sure I understand how microcode is a problem here. Microcode isn’t an OS. I can compile for arm 8.3 and execute those instructions on apple silicon just fine. The kernel is the only thing that gets in the way, not the microcode…
- cyberpunk 5y agoI guess they mean the coprocessor stuff, ime and whatever the AMD one is called. I mean this does forget the point that absolutely nothing is stopping anyone making a riscv processor which also has such features; we just have to take the manufacturer’s word that they don’t? Riscv isn’t the solution to any of these problems, but hopefully it’ll enable a few more ethical manufacturers to pop up who do make this stuff their core mission. Probably not, though.
- NotChina 5y agoForce? Apple can continue to mistreat their customers, and they'll beg for more.