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You think Apple wouldn't even partially go back?

• solardev 3y ago
  Why would they? Right now they have the best laptop and tablet chip, bar none, and total vertical integration. They've invested heavily in M1 and M2 and M3 is due out next year. What would an Intel chip offer, except uncertainty? On the compatibility side, Boot Camp is less useful when Windows on Arm does its own x86 emulation and works well enough in Parallels. On the graphics side they wrote their own DirectX 12 wrapper. If they can port some AI libs over, running them on 64 GB of shared CPU/GPU memory would be pretty amazing. Maybe in 10 years, if Intel generationally leapfrogs them again like with the PowerPC era. But short of that, what would they have to gain?
  • tester756 3y ago
    I meant building their ARM M3, M4, and so on CPUs
    • solardev 3y ago
      Like using Intel as a fab?
      • tester756 3y ago
        Yes, aren't they going into that business lately?
        • solardev 3y ago
          Yes, I think so. Sorry I misunderstood you.