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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by PragmaticPulp on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:15PM (#25662593)
I don't understand this competition to attribute the M1's speed to one specific change, while downplaying all of the others.

M1 is fast because they optimized everything across the board. The speed is the cumulative result of many optimizations, from the on-die memory to the memory clock speed to the architecture.

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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by adam_arthur on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:36PM (#25662874)
It's fast because they optimized everything across the board, and also paid for exclusive access to TSMC 5nm process.
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