Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by foobiekr on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:13PM
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While a lot of the M1 advantage over Intel and AMD is process node, the advantage over the rest of the ARM and RISCV ecosystem is substantially more than that.
The team that built the M1 is a collection of top tier ASIC designers that came from several acquisitions, from PA Semi forward. The Qualcomms and Caviums and so on just aren't in the same league. Lord spare me another tarball of garbage and random kernel patches called an "SDK." They don't really have the same bench and don't pay top dollar and it shows.
It is unlikely that there will be an M1 equivalent from any of those guys. Intel? AMD? Absolutely.
The team that built the M1 is a collection of top tier ASIC designers that came from several acquisitions, from PA Semi forward. The Qualcomms and Caviums and so on just aren't in the same league. Lord spare me another tarball of garbage and random kernel patches called an "SDK." They don't really have the same bench and don't pay top dollar and it shows.
It is unlikely that there will be an M1 equivalent from any of those guys. Intel? AMD? Absolutely.