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It is the naive observation that is far too common. The A7 is about ARMv8, which is an evolutionary step over ARMv7. The 4GB thing is the least relevant aspect
by corresation 13y ago
It is the naive observation that is far too common. The A7 is about ARMv8, which is an evolutionary step over ARMv7. The 4GB thing is the least relevant aspect of it right now.
- sliverstorm 13y agoApple isn't talking about ARMv8 though, they are talking about 64 bit.
- corresation 13y agoThey are talking about improving the processor, and ARMv8 is a (or rather the) 64-bit ARM instruction set. Should Apple have instead talked about registers and wider SIMD, better double floating point, etc? 64-bit is just shorthand for that.
- derefr 13y agoExactly. We went through this exact same marketing with game consoles, years ago. The N64 was a 64-bit game console! What did that mean? Who cares, it's four times as much as a SNES, and twice as much as a Playstation!
- astrojams 13y agoIt might be true that the A7 is a significant upgrade, but Apple chose to highlight the 64-bit nature of the chip which to my point isn't too exciting today.