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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by zitterbewegung on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:46PM (#16737845)
Maybe the first few hardware revisions it won't be as performant. Its probably going to be an Armbook that will have the form factor of the Air or the Macbook but with A12 chips. The current A11s are in striking distance for performance.
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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by Aaargh20318 on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:53PM (#16737921)
The current A-series SoC’s were also designed around the power and thermal requirements of a mobile phone. In a laptop or desktop they would have a lot more wiggle room.
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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by abakker on Monday April 02, 2018 @03:29PM (#16738313)
They could also run more than one per machine
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