Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery

Re:Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery by meragrin_ on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @06:35PM (#25204292)

I doubt Apple allows anyone with the knowledge to speak about it.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery by nottorp on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:11PM (#25204543)

This is where it's worth pointing out that Apple is an ARM architecture licensee. They're not using a design from ARM directly, they're basically modifying it however it suits them.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery by jolux on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:43PM (#25204741)

Indeed, they’re an ISA licensee, and I don’t think they’re using designs from ARM at all. They beat ARM to the first ARM64 core back in 2013 with the iPhone 5s.

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