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You can’t buy an M3 chip on its own
by richardwhiuk 11mo ago
You can’t buy an M3 chip on its own
- madeofpalk 11mo agoWhy can’t someone else make one?
- sitharus 11mo agoBecause it’s a proprietary design? You’d have to reverse-engineer the whole chip, which is really hard to do on that process node
- jayd16 11mo agoGiving them some credit, I think they're asking "why isn't there a close competitor" and that takes a much more involved answer.
- tonyarkles 11mo agoThat’s very much the trick. Apple is actually exceptionally good at making CPUs. Look at these single-thread benchmarks: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/single-thread/ https://www.cpubenchmark.net/single-thread/ Similarly, if you look for the M4 in this list and then look for other ARM chips, you’ll have to look quite a ways down the list: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/multithread/mobile https://www.cpubenchmark.net/multithread/mobile
- madeofpalk 11mo agoIt’s baffling to me that no one else (Qualcomm) has not been able to come close. My guess is that CPU design is existential for Apple, and no one else cares enough to be dedicated enough to do what Apple has done.
- l11r 11mo agoThis is exactly what happens when you invest billions and hire the best industry specialists for decades. M-series processors did not magically appear out of nowhere. Apple perfected them for years in iPhones, but people didn't have the ability to compare since Apple doesn't share their processors with anyone.