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Well, those are rumors assuming a chiplet architecture, which Apple has never tried before and would require very significant modifications to the layout. Simp
by sudosysgen 5y ago
Well, those are rumors assuming a chiplet architecture, which Apple has never tried before and would require very significant modifications to the layout.
Simply quadrupling the die isn't really feasible, the price increases exponentially.
- Closi 5y agoWell analysts have estimated the cost of the M1 at $40 to $50 per chip, so even if they double the size of the chip which quadruples the cost, that would still be completely feasible for the Mac Pro which retails at c$5,000+ Even if the SOC was $500 cost price they would still have plenty of room to pay for everything else and hit the $5k price point. I mean, they could even use separate highly integrated chips to get that number of cores too, although I suspect they will want to do it on a single chip assuming cooling is OK.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThis wouldn't be doubling the size of the M1, it would be quadrupling the size of the M1 Max, so more like 1500$ for the chip. What you're talking about at the end is chiplets and it takes a lot of work to get it to operate, just ask AMD.