tipoo

foggyhill said:

tipoo said:

It's interesting, isn't it, that they dedicate significant internal space to that heat pipe for better thermal management. However even so, neither chip (I assume, more testing needed) catches the A11s sustained performance over time. 

Makes me wonder what a heat piped version could do, or let alone an actively cooled one. The Apple TV 4K has an actively cooled A10X which is cool, but with more limited apps and games taking advantage of it, imagine an actively cooled A11X clamshell running iOS or something. I'd actually love to see Apple start small internal studios, or partially fund other studios, to take advantage of the impressive actively cooled chip in the A10X. 

Well, there isn't much space in there for a "heat pipe" ;-). In fact, it's obvious Apple has a lot more tech in their smaller phones and yet get the same specs.

If you look at Ipad performance, you probably get an idea of what a heat pipe would do (since there is more space for heat dissipation).

I know there isn't, which is why I wonder what sustained performance would be like with the A11 in a larger chassis with room for it. The iPad is a data point, but the Pros have the A10X which has a significantly larger GPU still and three Hurricane rather than Monsoon cores, and the non-Pro is still on an A9, no real direct comparison. 

Anyways, what I'd really love to test the performance of is the upcoming A11X, but with an actively cooled model with heat pipes in a clamshell. Or really push an A11X Apple TV with game developers. 

Also /r/suspiciousquotes  lol, a heat pipe is a thing 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe

It's interesting, isn't it, that they dedicate significant internal space to that heat pipe for better thermal management. However even so, neither chip (I assume, more testing needed) catches the A11s sustained performance over time. 

Makes me wonder what a heat piped version could do, or let alone an actively cooled one. The Apple TV 4K has an actively cooled A10X which is cool, but with more limited apps and games taking advantage of it, imagine an actively cooled A11X clamshell running iOS or something. I'd actually love to see Apple start small internal studios, or partially fund other studios, to take advantage of the impressive actively cooled chip in the A10X. 

Analyst: "Apple may or may not do a thing. So, uh, will that be paid in a cheque, or..." 

I think these could be pretty great. W2, homepod-like mics for self correction, and that Apple audio lab that produced the Homepod and Macbooks. 

Though I hate that concept render and others like it; I do NOT want Beats: Apple Edition, I want a substantive ground-up rethink in the way Apple does.