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  • Apple to get TSMC's initial 2nm capacity, says obvious report

    ajmasajmas
    Though hoping improvements in Apple's chips isn't solely dependant on the 2nm process. Single core improvements will be appreciated, since not all processing can benefit from more cores.
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  • Apple Watch import ban stay opposed by ITC

    ajmasajmas
    I wonder how much of this is Apple being abusive and how much of this is down to Masimo being greedy with the terms of the licensing? Is anyone aware of these details?
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  • Everything we know about the redesigned MacBook Air with M2 processor

    ajmasajmas
    Would be interested in colour choices, though for the M2 each individual core needs to be more capable. Adding more cores is not going to make much of a difference for applications that are inherently single threaded. The other thing is that if they release the MacBook Air before the new MacBook Pros, they risk hurting MBP sales.
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  • Apple now calls itself a gaming company fighting with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo

    ajmasajmas
    If Apple sees themselves as a gaming company, then there are a few things they need to do:

       - Be game developer friendly, in attitude.
       - Make it easy to port games to the platform.
       - Further improve Rosetta 2 to make performance of Intel games well on the M1 processors.
       - Sponsor or provide code contributions to common frameworks used by game developers.
       - Demonstrate that games can run at the best settings on an average current generation Mac, otherwise they aren't really competing in any meaningful way.

    I am sure there are plenty of other things they can do too.

    Just looking at the history of console gaming consoles we can see what business and technical decisions created challenges for games developers. Modern Vintage Gamer covers quite a few aspects here.
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  • Despite potshots, Intel & Samsung want to make Apple Silicon

    ajmasajmas
    Maybe having a subsidiary that purely focuses on fabricating, like TSMC, could be beneficial to Intel itself? This would mean the parent company would focus purely on designing the chips and then simply be a primary client to the subsidiary. The subsidiary in the meantime would have the mandate of becoming the best chip fabricator out there, like TSMC, and with the ability to manufacture for anyone would have the incentive to invest early in new technology. Also by having them separate, then hopefully internal politics wouldn’t compromise working with other partners.  .

    There are probably a lot of details I am missing, but right now something clearly needs to change. 

    As for Samsung, they may be one company by name, but like a number of Asian corporations operate like many companies under one roof. This means while you are competing with one division, you are nicely doing business with another.  
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