News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry. Parent comment

Re:A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry by zozbot234 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @02:23PM (#21705940)
> The interesting part was how Apple's announcement of a 64 bit CPU totally shook the industry.

I don't think so. The move to 64-bit compute on mobile platforms was inevitable and hardly surprising; Apple's announcement might have pushed it forward by a few years at most.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry by TMWNN on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @07:42PM (#21708836)
>Apple's announcement might have pushed it forward by a few years at most.

In the technology world, pushing an advance forward by a few years is shaking the industry.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A7: Apple's custom 64-bit silicon embarrassed the industry by IshKebab on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:08PM (#21707004)
He meant because it was much sooner than everyone expected.
[ Parent | on HN ]