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ARM Macs and T2 Macs aren't really at all architecturally similar and I don't think it helped any. It was probably a distraction.
by astrange 3y ago
ARM Macs and T2 Macs aren't really at all architecturally similar and I don't think it helped any. It was probably a distraction.
- LoganDark 3y agoWasn't T2 the first "Apple silicon" to make its way into a Mac? AFAIK, the SMC and other stuff are just third-party chips with Apple firmware, but T2 is full custom silicon.
- astrange 3y agoThere were custom things like display controllers before, and third party chips often had features added for Apple. (Much of Intel's new features and power work were for Macs.)
- dagmx 3y agoThe T2 is a variant of the A10, so they definitely share some lineage with the M series Mac.
- astrange 3y agoThere's a lot more to a computer than whether it has a certain kind of CPU somewhere in it. In this case they're not running the same software or connected to the same things.