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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by Wazzymandias on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:31PM (#25054096)
Would anyone happen to have an ELI5 of how the M1 chip achieves greater power efficiency?
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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by sethgecko on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @08:17PM (#25054449)
It uses the ARM architecture which is much more power efficient than the x86 architecture used by intel
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