Re:Ask HN: Can competitors catch up to Apple Silicon?
by simonh on Monday July 04, 2022 @01:55PM
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It’s true 5nm definitely gives M1 an edge, but Apple’s ARM chips have lead the pack by a mile in performance for a long time, at comparable nodes. To say all the magic lies with TSMC is to claim that with M1 Apple suffered a huge loss is leadership position in terms of design, saved only by TSMC. I don’t see how that’s a credible claim.
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Re:Ask HN: Can competitors catch up to Apple Silicon?
by sliken on Monday July 04, 2022 @03:32PM
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Generally agreed, however apple's arm cores have substantial advantages over all the other common arm cores. The M1 maintains great perf/watt (common to arm), but is a very competitive core at any power level.