dk49

Why don't they allow to prevent switching off the device without unlocking the iPhone? If the user has esim, then the thief cannot switch off the device, and then it can easily be tracked by logging into Apple account.

joshuachung said:

Now the M3 Pro memory bandwidth is 150GB/s vs M2 Pro 200GB/s, M3 Max is 300 or 400GB/s vs M2 Max 400GB/s for all favor.

Wtf! Why the hell will they downgrade? That's disappointing. What about M3 Max though?

designr said:

Interesting that they kept comparing performance to the M1—as if the M2 didn't exist.

I mean I get it. Just funny. You gotta pat close attention to what (and how) Apple presents. They are very clever.

Because it's performance compared to the M2 isn't significantly better. And I suspect that whatever gains they are seeing over M2 is mostly because of 3nm vs 5nm on the M2. Which implies there are no architectural efficiencies in the M3. They basically made an M2 on 3nm fab with some minor tweaks. 

I am surprised that it doesn't have better battery life. I was expecting that moving to a 3nm process would give significant power savings, especially considering the fact that they have made the CPU only 10% faster. 

avon b7 said:

dk49 said:

Apple will have to switch to RISC before it becomes mainstream if it has to retain it's leadership in CPUs. And that's likely to happen before "decades". 

If by RISC you mean RISC-V (which I think you do), I think that's a definite possibility. 

One thing is sure. RISC-V is growing fast and won't be slowing down any time soon. 

Yes that's precisely what I meant.