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Re:IBM is splitting itself into two public companies by pdpi on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:00AM (#24728079)
You're right — we don't know. That gives us two options. Either we acknowledge the innovations we do know about and have proof of, or we use wild guesses and assumptions to dismiss those innovations.

I'll be happy to praise Google or Facebook for advancements in CPU tech if and when they show us such a thing. Until then, publicly available facts are that Apple is innovating in that field and they're not.

Re:IBM is splitting itself into two public companies by lmm on Sunday October 11, 2020 @09:04PM (#24750510)
The very fact that we can't tell shows that this isn't any significant innovation. Even the part about handing out dev kits doesn't actually show anything - using an off-the-shelf ARM would create the same impact.

They're designing CPUs - something that many companies have done and many companies will do. Big whoop.

Re:IBM is splitting itself into two public companies by emteycz on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:24PM (#24734072)
Actually we do know that Google and Amazon are investing heavily into custom chips.
Re:IBM is splitting itself into two public companies by emteycz on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:24PM (#24734066)
Actually we do know that Google and AWS are investing heavily into custom chips.