Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs

Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by pier25 on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:47PM (#23607210)

> Look, AMD is not stupid, and they're on the same node Apple will be using

Could you elaborate? What do you mean with the "same node"?

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by jiggawatts on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:18PM (#23607550)

They're both making 7nm chips at the same TSMC fabs. Essentially, Apple will not have a "process advantage" over AMD. They may release their desktops chips on the latest 5nm TSMC process to get that "wow" product and make a good initial impression, but AMD will be right behind them with the equivalent desktop x64 chips. The current rumor is that late 2021 or early 2022 is when AMD will have a "Zen 4" on 5nm, which will almost certainly blow the pants off everything else on the market at the time.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by pier25 on Monday June 22, 2020 @07:48PM (#23608318)

> The current rumor is that late 2021 or early 2022 is when AMD will have a "Zen 4" on 5nm, which will almost certainly blow the pants off everything else on the market at the time.

You mean in terms of max performance, perf per watt, or... ?

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by monocasa on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:11PM (#23608492)

Yes.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by thejynxed on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @05:01AM (#23625754)

All of the above, and it will cost less to boot, and certainly will cost at minimum half of Apple's ridiculous markup.

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