Thanks for the answer and reference! > Not sure if that is what you meant by IP here. By IP I meant intellectual property. I was wondering how much designs or

Thanks for the answer and reference! > Not sure if that is what you meant by IP here. By IP I meant intellectual property. I was wondering how much designs or specific hardware developments that were essential for the performance boost (or: energy efficiency of chips, compute/W) as observed with the Apple M family of designs are locked down by patents.