News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it. Parent comment

Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:37AM (#38220957)
What was the leap though? Pay huge sums for the best TSMC node and put as much as possible on package? Own the whole stack?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by x0x0 on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:33PM (#38222643)
I don't know what the leap was, just the effect: a combination of perf and battery life that puts everything else to shame.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by gamblor956 on Friday November 10, 2023 @02:43PM (#38223546)
Marketing. It was a huge marketing leap for Apple to take credit for TSMC's node upgrades and claim it as some sort of great technological leap.

Given that the next generation Snapdragon offers comparable performance to Apple's M line, it appears that node advances were responsible for a very large percentage of any performance gains.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by musicale on Friday November 10, 2023 @08:29PM (#38226693)
Yeah, probably had nothing to do with Qualcomm acquiring Nuvia, etc.
[ Parent | on HN ]