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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by rorykoehler on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:36PM (#25127685)
Satya Nadella just tweeted about their new Pluton processor. I have a feeling it won't get the same hype as the M1 but they are clearly already trying to defend.
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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by GiorgioG on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:40PM (#25127757)
FYI - Pluton is a security chip, not a general purpose CPU.
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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by rorykoehler on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:29PM (#25128469)
Ah. I haven’t been following. I thought the timing was comical but I guess less so in that case.
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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by AgloeDreams on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:56PM (#25128001)
THIS. I saw multiple headlines calling it a processor, which may be somewhat true but it's not a General purpose processor and certainly is not a CPU. Yes, Apple's T2 chip has an A8 in it, but they don't call it a processor.
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Re:16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a real-world... by wmf on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:43PM (#25127802)
Pluton is just playing catch-up with Apple's Secure Enclave.
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