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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by wintercharm on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:58AM (#16742024)
Apple claims the W2 chip is 50% more power efficient than existing Bluetooth/Wifi chips on the market, and is 85% faster than the W1 chip for data throughput.
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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by sitkack on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @01:39AM (#16742174)
Existing Bluetooth hardware has so many hardware and software bugs that it would [hyperbole] a [large thing]. Apple should absolutely control the BT hardware/software stack, there is no other way they can offer the Apple Experience without it.
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