Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end...
by m12k on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:29AM
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It's fascinating to see history repeated - the architecture and design with the most power efficiency generally also turns out to be the one that can be pushed furthest for performance when you want to go that route.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end...
by Skunkleton on Thursday November 12, 2020 @01:09PM
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That's an interesting observation. It holds true in other areas as well. For example, we have lots of high horsepower cars as the result of R&D effort into high efficiency engines.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end...
by pantulis on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:19AM
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"I think there's still legs to x86, it's survived everything thats been thrown at it so far..."
Also, some one, some day, had to disrupt it. Maybe this is it, maybe not.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end...
by nuker on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:38AM
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> I've become something of CPU collector in recent years, and I have a nice line of p6 cpus from thePentium Pro
I bought i486DX for $20 month ago, as a memo of my first CPU.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end...
by intricatedetail on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:22PM
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I got a Pentium 100 last month with a motherboard and a psu. I plan to run W95. It's going to be fun!
I've become something of CPU collector in recent years, and I have a nice line of p6 cpus from thePentium Pro -> Pentium 2 -> Pentium 3 -> Pentium M -> Core 2 that conveniently sidesteps those awful Netburst p4 CPUs.
It feels like this (p6+) microarch has finally run out of road and needs a rethink. What 'saved' intel was a change in philosophy rather than chasing MHz they chased power savings. And with Apple's new chips that history is repeating itself (and appears to be with a similar outcome).
It's an exciting time for hardware again because Intel and AMD are going to have to react to this and I think there's still legs to x86, it's survived everything thats been thrown at it so far...