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Re:Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 h... by vondur on Saturday November 28, 2020 @11:52AM (#25238645)
Anyone can license the ARM architecture.
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Re:Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 h... by bitwize on Saturday November 28, 2020 @12:14PM (#25238796)
The only ARM IP Apple actually used was the ISA. The architecture in the M1 -- and all the A chips -- is 100% custom.

No other gadget maker has the internal engineering chops to do what Apple has done. And it'll be a few years before ARM releases a chip architecture that comes within spitting distance of the M1's performance -- by which time Apple will have released an even more powerful chip.

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Re:Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 h... by DennisAleynikov on Saturday November 28, 2020 @12:35PM (#25238945)
apple does a lot more than just use the ARM isa so this isnt a helpful thing to say despite being objectively true
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