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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by maxharris on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @12:34AM (#23609955)
Why wouldn't Apple just reuse everything, including graphics hardware and drivers from iOS?
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by SXX on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @04:18AM (#23611205)
I guess because one can't just reuse hardware. They cant just take iPhone GPU, make it 5 times bigger and get 5X more performance with 5X of power budget. So more likely they'll just gonna sell laptops with GPU performance closer to iPhone which is not at all impressive.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by 0xakhil on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @05:13AM (#23611548)
GPU is actually relatively easier to scale by adding more cores/ALUs. The difficulty lies in figuring out how to handle peak current requirement of the whole IP.
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