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It's good to see Microsoft supports AMD now. With recent benchmark of M1 family chip, I hope Windows don't support M1 chip, at least for now. I would like to s
by quyleanh 5y ago
It's good to see Microsoft supports AMD now.
With recent benchmark of M1 family chip, I hope Windows don't support M1 chip, at least for now. I would like to see how AMD and Intel can do to change this performance game.
- allenbina 5y agoI don’t think x64 is ever going to backtrack to the power efficiency that arm offers. The real scare is if apple comes out with a new xserve with blades of arm processors.
- dirtypersian 5y agoIt's coming. My prediction is Apple will start doing server chips not too long from now, at least for internal use. This is going to be especially important as they emphasize their services more and more over their hardware.
- pjmlp 5y agoApple Services aren't the same as their hardware.
- dirtypersian 5y agoWell, no shit. I was pointing out that they're placing more and more importance on being a services company rather than a hardware/product company. As that emphasis on services grows they'll probably switch to their own silicon for their cloud stuff which their services will run on.
- pjmlp 5y agoAnd I was making the point they aren't even a player on the services market, regardless what their servers run on.
- dirtypersian 5y agolol what makes you say that? I'd consider apple TV, apple music, apple maps, etc all as services. What is your definition of "services" and do the ones I listed fall into your definition.
- neogodless 5y agoWhen did Microsoft not "support" AMD CPUs? It truly would not make any difference if Microsoft "supported" the M1 CPU, as Apple does not sell it to anyone without the rest of Apple computer attached to it. I mean, you can run Windows VMs on M1 computers now, with something like Parallels. But perhaps not more directly, as with Boot Camp? > I would like to see how AMD and Intel can do to change this performance game What are you trying to say here? In what way is AMD not "winning" the 64+ core CPU performance game?
- judge2020 5y ago> But perhaps not more directly, as with Boot Camp? https://www.forbes.com/sites/dwightsilverman/2021/04/14/you-can-finally-run-windows-on-your-m1-based-mac-but-with-a-catch/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/dwightsilverman/2021/04/14/you-... Obviously you have to run ARM Windows, but it’s indeed Windows.
- neogodless 5y agoIf I understand this article correctly, as of April 2021, you can run Windows on ARM under Parallels virtualization software, which is a Virtual Machine, or VM. So that's not direct to hardware, which I thought Boot Camp was?
- my123 5y agoBoot Camp is direct on hardware indeed. VMs cover a significant proportion of the gap however.
- hulitu 5y agoK6 ? AFAIK "Wintel " is not a joke. MS only cares about intel.
- fomine3 5y agoDon't you know AMD64? Microsoft's AMD64 adoption makes Intel to support IA-32e.
- meragrin_ 5y agoAMD has been the supplier for XBox console CPUs for a while now.