Re:Apple introduces M4 chip
by makeitdouble on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:51AM
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Qualcomm is also with TSMC and their newer 4nm processor is expected to stay competitive with the M series.
If the magic comes mostly from TSMC, there's a good chance for these claims to be true and to have a series of better chips coming on the other platforms as well.
This info is much more useful than a comparison to restaurants.
Does Qualcomm have any new CPU cores besides that one they can't make ARM due to licensing?
The one being announced on May 20th at Computex? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40288969
“Stay” competitive implies they’ve been competitive. Which they haven’t.
I’m filing this into the bin with all the other “This next Qualcomm chip will close the performance gap” claims made over the past decade. Maybe this time it’ll be true. I wouldn’t bet on it.
Re:Apple introduces M4 chip
by makeitdouble on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @07:41PM
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Point taken. I used "stay" as in, their next rumored/leaked chip wouldn't be an single anomalous success but the start of a trend that could expand to the X2, X3 Elite chips coming after.
Basically we'd need some basis to believe they'll be progressively improving at more or less the same pace as Intel's or Apple's chips to get on board with ARM laptops for Windows/linux.
Otherwise I don't see software makers care enough to port their build to ARM as well.
Michelin-starred restaurants not only have top-tier chefs. They have buyers who negotiate with food suppliers to get the best ingredients they can at the lowest prices they can. Having a preferential relationship with a good supplier is as important to the food quality and the health of the business as having a good chef to prepare the dishes.
Apple has top-tier engineering talent but they are also able to negotiate preferential relationships with their suppliers, and it's both those things that make Apple a phenomenal tech company.