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  • Apple partner Texas Instruments is spending $60B on chip production in the US

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    blastdoor said:
    tht said:
    These mature 300mm fabs can produce chips at scale, with predictable yields, and without the constant churn of process shrink cycles.
    300 nanometers, right?

    Or are they talking about 300 millimeter diameter wafers?
    Yeah, the wafers are 300mm. 

    The processes are 28nm to 130nm.
    Thanks!
     
    The "$60b" is going into transitioning TI's fabs from 200 to 300 nm wafers?

    Last I recall, TI exited the race to get to the next node at something like 28nm. That they have a lot of old node fabs isn't a surprise. $60b though? That seems like 10x too much to actually do the job.
    purplepearwatto_cobra

  • How Safari in iOS 26 & macOS 26 puts content first with Liquid Glass UI changes

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    Does macOS, iPadOS use the liquid glass sidebar? Scrollbars are liquid glass? Is the pointer arrow liquid glass?

    Is glass ever a liquid? Even when hot and all plasticky and melty, is it still an amorphous solid?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple partner Texas Instruments is spending $60B on chip production in the US

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    These mature 300mm fabs can produce chips at scale, with predictable yields, and without the constant churn of process shrink cycles.
    300 nanometers, right?

    Or are they talking about 300 millimeter diameter wafers?
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Cracked screens & dead batteries are selling more iPhones than AI

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    Yup. Not a surprise.

    A lot of sturm and drang among the investorati and mediarati for AI turning over the market, but that's investor money flashing in front of their eyes. For the mass market consumers? AI is next generation auto-complete or next generation search, after a very long period of stagnation, and that type of stuff doesn't really matter to mass market consumers, such that they will spend more money on it, change their habits for, etc.

    Moreover, AI is mostly a web-service. Why would it drive hardware upgrades in consumer devices?
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  • Craig Federighi says macOS would ruin what makes the iPad special

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    charlesn said:
    mfryd said:
    However, this is not a reason to prohibit running Mac OSX on an iPad.   Users should have a choice as to which OS they run.

    I have nothing against the iPad OS.   It's a great solution for many (but not all) users.   Why not allow users to choose which OS they are running?    

    The iPad OS can be the default, but please allow power users to install OSX.  iPad apps already work inside of Mac OSX, so no functionality is lost.  

    An iPad with an M4 processor, 16GB RAM, 2TB SSD, Thunderbolt 3, and a Magic Keyboard Folio (Keyboard and trackpad) would make a damn fine portable Mac.
    Please, just buy a MacBook if you want a “damn fine portable Mac”, it’s already here. I for one do not want my iPad running macOS - I’ll leave that to my Mac thanks.
    Comments like this convince me that reading comprehension has become a lost skill in America. Pretty aggressive response considering he didn't say that you--or any iPad user--HAD to have their iPad running MacOS. What he said was: "The iPad OS can be the default, but please allow power users to install OSX." See? Not only do you not have to run MacOS on your iPad, you don't even have to install it! He would simply like that option for people who do want to install it. And your problem with this request, which would not affect you in the least, is WHAT exactly? I have suggested this as a possibility myself, since Apple Silicon can boot into either OS, and this kind of separate solution doesn't involve ANY compromise in either OS--no need to try and kludge a touchscreen into MacOS or complicate iPadOS--both OSes work exactly as they do now, which is why he specifies the need for a Magic Keyboard folio, because you'll need a keyboard and trackpad for MacOS. Of course, we all know why this will never happen: Apple wants to continue to sell us two devices, not one. It's also why they've resisted ease-of-use functionality in iPadOS (the files system, multitasking, etc) that would make it more of an easy laptop replacement for more people. It's really as simple as that. 
    My primary fear with allowing dual-booting of macOS on iPads is that Apple stops advancing iPadOS because there is less customer demand to do so.

    I think the ideal for iPadOS is to do everything that macOS can do, but with touch input. All files and documents are cross-compatible. All workflows are cross-compatible. All the features are the same. The only difference is the iPadOS UI is designed for a touch interface while macOS is designed for a pointer interface. Or perhaps, iPadOS is designed for a horizontal display while macOS is designed for a vertical display.

    Apple has its own vision for what the iPad is. It's not what a lot of users want. So, the march of progress for iPadOS is glacial. If they are going to release an 19" folding display iPad, this will hopefully increase the pace. A 19" folding display, capable of being configured to multiple form factors: large flat tablet, clamshell laptop, vertical display like an iMac, and if the hinge is 0-to-360, a heavy 13" tablet, will drive more PC operating system features into iPadOS. Would be good to see it come out.
    kiltedgreenwatto_cobra