A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry

Re:A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry by Aaronstotle on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:35PM (#21705348)

IIRC, Jim Keller was one of the lead engineers behind this chip, which is why when I heard he was at AMD working on their new Zen architecture in 2015, I knew it would be a success. He seems to create amazing processors then is off to do it again at another company.

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Re:A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry by blattimwind on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:37PM (#21705368)

Yes, industry insiders know that the success of a microarchitecture is largely determined by the work of a single person.

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Re:A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry by andybak on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:46PM (#21705498)

Can't tell if sarcasm.

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Re:A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry by saagarjha on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:48PM (#21705535)

It almost certainly is.

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