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M1 class? Does that mean it'll be proprietary without the ability to upgrade parts or assume compatibility with common hardware standards in order to squeeze ou

• nicoburns 5y ago
  > Does that mean it'll be proprietary without the ability to upgrade parts or assume compatibility with common hardware standards My understanding is that existing Qualcomm chips are like this already (except with fairly mediocre performance), so presumably yes.
• amelius 5y ago
  "M1 class" simply means 5nm technology node. Those with early access to a new node will always have the wow-factor, but they are not necessarily better than the rest.
  • zamadatix 5y ago
    "M1 class" means the performance class. There is a lot more to performance than just the node generation as has been proven time and time again, just look at Bulldozer vs Sandy Bridge as both were 32 nm. It'd also make no sense to acquire Nuvia if all they needed was 5nm production as Nuvia is not a fab.
• kergonath 5y ago
  > Does that mean it'll be proprietary without the ability to upgrade parts Upgrading parts of a CPU hasn’t been a thing for quite a while now. When was the last time one could add a module of cache or a FPU? We’re talking about SoCs here, not devices. > or assume compatibility with common hardware standards There is basically no hardware standard in ARM-land > in order to squeeze out every bit of performance possible? Since when is it a bad thing?