Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast?

Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? by eng2prog on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:03PM (#25258237)

Why bother? Computing is blazing fast already. Anything that is slow should use multi threading.

There's a reason most computers compromise on the processor performance, we don't need it. Take that extra few hundred and give me more ram and a better video card.

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Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? by jonplackett on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:44PM (#25258728)

Because battery life.

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Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? by eng2prog on Monday November 30, 2020 @10:51PM (#25262111)

So it's not the speed like the title says? Lol

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Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? by f6v on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @05:18AM (#25263986)

It’s obvious that those are related, isn’t it? I want to have a powerful laptop which I can carry around all day. Yet latest Intel ultrabooks either throttle or get hot and loud. So much energy just get wasted on generating heat, that’s why passively cooled m1 looks like a wonder.

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Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? by jonplackett on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:19AM (#25264289)

It’s the subtext isn’t it. Apple went on and on about performance PER WATT. They could crank up the power and shorten the battery life any time they like.

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