Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800

Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by skohan on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:48AM (#24018572)

> possibly to avoid trademark issues with ARM

I suspect it's more of a branding/positioning thing. ARM has an association with low power devices like smartphones, and Apple wants to position this as something new, exciting, and better than x86.

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by jurmous on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:06AM (#24018672)

Apple Silicon encompasses more than the ARM CPU. It also includes an Apple GPU, Apple Neural Engine, Secure Enclave and more. If you only point to the ARM part you overlook most of the other parts of the chip. The CPU cores are like less than 25% of the layout?

Layout of the A12: https://cdn.iphoneincanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/A12...

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Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 by Wowfunhappy on Saturday August 01, 2020 @09:31PM (#24025542)

I mean, by that logic, does calling a modern intel cpu x86 discount the integrated graphics, which are also very significant?

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