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It takes years to design and ship new silicon. For all we know, the M1 was taped out just before COVID hit and people started working from home.
by otterley 5y ago
It takes years to design and ship new silicon. For all we know, the M1 was taped out just before COVID hit and people started working from home.
- babl-yc 5y agoYeah, the M1 mac is not a strong example. They began _shipping_ in Nov 2020, so I bet the design was finalized or close to it before the March shutdowns in the Bay Area began.
- thrtythreeforty 5y agoI strongly suspect M1 taped out before the pandemic started
- dehrmann 5y agoIt was also the result of a decade of work on ARM chips for iPhones and iPads.