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rob53 said:

Why stop at 32 cores. 

I don't see even 32 happening for anything but the Mac Pro. I saw forum comments recently that games don't and can't use more than six cores. How much RAM (and heat) would you need to feed 32 cores?

gmgravytrain said:

Apple should have enough money to spend on more RAM for iPhones.  At least 6GB for all iPhones.  

Apple uses a technique called Automated Reference Counting for program memory when running an app, as opposed to 'trash collection' like in a Java machine. Proponents argue that this means that Apple devices need only 1/3 the memory of conventional devices. This allows them to avoid some cost and power consumption.

xyzzy-xxx said:

... so why should I hesitate buying from another iOS app store software that will be perfectly sandboxed?

My reasoning would be: 1) a phone is a homing beacon that shows my location 24 / 7 - a desktop isn't; 2) Apple has the motivation of protecting privacy so I'll buy more hardware - an alternate app store doesn't; and 3) on my $600 - $1200 phone, I'm not going to carp about a few dollars more for an app that has been screened.

I have never figured out who would set up an alternate App Store, and more importantly, who would risk shopping there.  Clues?

AutigerMark said:

How else would something like that be done?  Server side processing would be too slow.  It’s got to be near instantaneous.

The new Siri translate app hits a server somewhere. I'd bet that Alexa uses a server.

I'm glad that Apple is improving the technology. If I'm driving in the middle of nowhere, and give a voice command I'd like it to work. Same for turning off the lights at home. This is why the A14 has a neural engine twice as big as the A12. An interesting question about Apple Silicon is how much of a neural engine will be included.