Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers

Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by dotBen on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @02:20PM (#25050337)

And this might be the old production trick where one part of the core fails QA and so they shut it out and make it a cheaper part.

The GPU parts might be the tightest silicon and highest rate of failure so this approach reduces waste.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by slavoingilizov on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @03:12PM (#25051208)

By "trick" you mean the only approach every chip-maker has been following for decades? Literally every single one. It's called binning.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by compiler-guy on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @03:19PM (#25051312)

The gp is using “trick” not with the nefarious connotation, but more along the lines of “hack” or “clever idea”.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by dotBen on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @03:21PM (#25051338)

yeah I guess I should have said 'hack'

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by fomine3 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:51PM (#25054265)

I think it's proper way than hack

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