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Re:AMD EPYC “Rome” Server Processors to Feature 8 to 64 Cores by uponcoffee on Thursday June 20, 2019 @01:00PM (#20234842)
There's probably bit of hardware lot it with Intel chips. Since they control the hardware, Apple probably has invested quite a bit into hardware specific optimizations that won't readily port to AMD chipsets.

Also, AMD is only recently been a performance front runner - they might not hold on to that for long. In the short term it doesn't make sense to jump ship.

For for general computation/ecosystems or for generation/device specific ventures (e.g. Consoles) it makes sense to turn with the tides.

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Re:AMD EPYC “Rome” Server Processors to Feature 8 to 64 Cores by stcredzero on Thursday June 20, 2019 @01:27PM (#20235096)
Since they control the hardware, Apple probably has invested quite a bit into hardware specific optimizations that won't readily port to AMD chipsets.

It's in Apple's history to be able to move on from hardware. It's also in their history to make the wrong choices, necessitating the move.

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Re:AMD EPYC “Rome” Server Processors to Feature 8 to 64 Cores by ufoolme on Thursday June 20, 2019 @02:02PM (#20235481)
money is they’ll move in next 5 years to at least partial move to their own ARM chips, they already have to a degree.
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Re:AMD EPYC “Rome” Server Processors to Feature 8 to 64 Cores by Narishma on Friday June 21, 2019 @05:05AM (#20240988)
People have been saying that for the last 5 years if not longer.
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Re:AMD EPYC “Rome” Server Processors to Feature 8 to 64 Cores by zamalek on Thursday June 20, 2019 @04:12PM (#20236854)
Intel hasn't manufacturered bespoke chips for some years now, which is why all, but one, mainstream consoles have been AMD.
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Re:AMD EPYC “Rome” Server Processors to Feature 8 to 64 Cores by kllrnohj on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:48PM (#20239178)
Funnily enough the only "bespoke" Intel chip in recent times was Intel's own i7-8705G & i7-8809G used in the Hades Canyon NUC that replaced Intel's HD graphics with an AMD Vega M.
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Re:AMD EPYC “Rome” Server Processors to Feature 8 to 64 Cores by ZeroCool2u on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:50AM (#20242962)
Which was an amazing chip. The Vega M + Intel cores combo delivered the graphics performance that Intel has been promising for years now. Would have loved to see a chip like that power the next few generations of ultrabooks, MBP's, etc.
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