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  • Apple looking to develop custom ARM chips for future Macs, cutting out Intel - report

    wood1208 said:
    Much as all Apple fans want MacOS on Apple ARM, ain't happening in near future. Switch possible in late 2020 or early 2021 if progress on ARM performance with low power matrix continue to improve. Intel while improving performance on every generation of X86 chips, also keeping TDP lower.
    Most (very, very far from "all") Apple fans couldn't care less what chip is inside their Mac.  Actually most Apple fans don't even own Macs probably.

      You can tell the older Mac users by how stubborn they cling to Intel.  I remember the days of Macs getting their PPC clocks cleaned by Intel computers half the cost.   There is a fear that moving away from Intel will lead us back there but times have changed.   What we see in mobile devices with regard to integration other co-processors is going to come to Mac OS.    You're going to see specialized AI chips,  chips to handle realtime video and fast GPU to do heavy compute. 

    Desktops have stagnated not because people love mobile devices so much but because all the innovation got sucked out the platform when everything went Wintel.    Neither Intel nor MSFT would take any real risk thus we have been subjected to a decade of evolutionary "ho hum" upgrades. 

    I don't know if Apple is going to play disruptor but they are uniquely positioned to change how desktop computing is done for the next generation. 
    "older"?  hell  I still have my 040 NextStation.    The issue isn't the 'user'...the issue is the software.   How much software do you have that 'just works' and there is no one around to port the code to ASeries?   5%? 25%...

    Apple has had an Aseries Mac running probably since the A6.  I've stated in the past that whenever Apple Brings Intel in to discuss chip delivery and performance specs, I'm sure someone 'hints' that the ASeries Mac is running in the labs, and offers to show it to them... just to prove to Intel they are not wedded to Intel chipsets.

    Moving MacOSX from PowerSeries to Intel was wasn't a hard thing to do for Apple, it was a hard thing to do for developers, and therefore for the users, because if the software isn't there, it's just a cool piece of useless silicon.

    The problem with PowerSeries was the 'big' player for the chips were gaming stations, not Apple, and apple wanted cool running battery sipping laptops, not  120V power bricked computers (well they wanted them too, but Apple saw the portable market as the winner).

    So yes,  the ASeries/iOS  is the right model' but will the A series see the same performance with MacOS... no.

    Has anyone considered why the ASeries chip performs so fast with iOS?   did you ever think it's because it's hyper tuned to the the OS and the computing profile.  
    So, having a different set of libraries to support a 'desktop' will pretty much require a different chip... optimized for different things.   
    so will Apple come out with a special chip for the Mac  say a B1 chip?

    MacOS on ARM  won't disrupt desktop computing,  because the UX will remain the same, just faster.  That's the thing with desktop computing... it's just a box with a monitor and keyboard and a mouse.   Apple will be able to make it faster on a tighter turnaround time, because of being able to tune the chip to the OS and the OS to the chip better.
    So they eke out a few more sales maybe even double their share, and a few more percent profit...  

    If that is disrupting, well great...   but it will disrupt for what... 5% of the worlds population... tops.   The computer in your pocket ... that's the 3+Billion user marketplace.
    In short, Apple... keep your eyes on the prize.   the portable, handheld, voice/bio-interactive computer.   
    hmurchisonradarthekat
  • Apple looking to develop custom ARM chips for future Macs, cutting out Intel - report

    smalm said:
    Apple replacing Intel with ARM? Must be the first time ever we hear about that  :p
    What you missing here is stats on how Apple A-chips started to perform recently. Combining that with the fact that Intel is kind of stagnant and Apple doing its own R&D on their own A-chips, I think they will get there eventually. They are not happy with the fact that some company have their IP in Apple's products which they can sell to other companies too. 
    WHOOOSH! 

    fastasleep
  • Apple squashes iOS 11 bugs with quick release of iOS 11.0.1

    back on point...

    It fixed the mail app banner bug.


    watto_cobra
  • First iPhone 8 teardown reveals few internal design changes [u]

    every time i hear about a battery the same size or smaller, i want to bash my head against a desk. I dont know how many ways over years Apple needs to hear that we want MORE battery life. Make you wonder if they ever get out into the real world where people are constantly looking to charge their iPhones.
     Apple makes a battery pack for those people who feel they need more battery.  problem solved. 
    (I don't think you think there are as many 'we' people as you selfishly with them to bet).  The weight/size/batterylife/speed multi-variate equation is likely quite well tested in the marketplace.  bigger means heavier, thicker...  I think making a CPU more efficient and super fast is the better knob to adjust.

     I would have to think that nearly 100% (or if some are like me, 102%) of Apples' 120,000 employees are iPhone users.  I'm sure there are quite a few live in the 'real world,' and have bet their paychecks this is the correct combination of size and battery life for the masses.


    pscooter63dewmeStrangeDaysmike1
  • 3D Touch app switcher shortcut will return to iOS 11, says Apple's Craig Federighi

    it is muscle memory now... and until I get an X, I don't want to learn another.


    cornchip