The revolutionary aspect of the M1 is that the processor for a computer is once again under control of the computer designers. For thirty years it has been outs

The revolutionary aspect of the M1 is that the processor for a computer is once again under control of the computer designers. For thirty years it has been outsourced as a commodity and been optimized for the interests of the CPU producers. The centralization of CPU design had benefits of scale, but maybe at this time Apple’s scale is big enough that taking control of the design is more advantageous.