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I would think the real difference this time is the existence of the iPhone and iPad markets to help scale the costs of Apple Silicon development. When Apple wa
by Lio 4y ago
I would think the real difference this time is the existence of the iPhone and iPad markets to help scale the costs of Apple Silicon development.
When Apple was using PowerPC the number of PowerPC units shipped was tiny compared to the PC market.
The huge volumes of mobile devices that Apple now ship has got to at least help share R&D costs across product lines.
- jagger27 4y agoI agree. I don't think the broader Arm ecosystem is comparable to the Apple-IBM-Motorola alliance of the Power era. Arm is ubiquitous in ways that Power never was. Even if Apple had to start buying chips from Qualcomm (yuck) they'd be okay.