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As usual Apple have really done a lot of marketing now that people keep calling it Apple silicon instead of ARM
by ChrisRR 4y ago
As usual Apple have really done a lot of marketing now that people keep calling it Apple silicon instead of ARM
- kube-system 4y agoIf you ask someone what processor is in their desktop, nobody says “Oh I’ve got an x86_64”. They’ll tell you which product line it is: “Ryzen” If anyone deserving credit for this, it’s Intel after introducing the Pentium line.
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- yamazakiwi 4y agoIn this case I believe they would want specify Apple Silicon because there are multiple manufacturers that produce ARM chips.
- remexre 4y agoI thought the common speculation was that they aren't allowed to call it ARM, because they extend the ISA significantly enough that ARM-the-company was concerned it'd fragment the ecosystem.
- halJordan 4y agoWhy would you call AMD cpus an Intel because they license x86?