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Editorial: Intel CPU constraints are sign on the road to ARM chips in the Mac
It's been years since this option was discussed here, but I recall that AMD's x86 license contains a poison pill that cancels the license if AMD is acquired.sweetheart777 said:Apple may buy AMD...
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Apple's 2020 iPhones expected to use 5nm 'A14' TSMC chips
Picometers won't happen. Silicon atoms have a diameter of 222pm. We're nearing the limit for how small a transistor can be. Any significant future improvement must come from a combination of 3D stacking, architectural advances, application specific design, or something else as yet unimagined.MacPro said:5 nanometers ... Sheesh! I am getting flashbacks to computer RAM stated in kilobytes. How long before we see picometers used?
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Apple's A12 Bionic comes close to desktop CPU performance in benchmarks
I'm surprised people keep forgetting, or don't know, that the x86 on ARM "miracle" is already on display for all to see...lkrupp said:To move from Intel to the A architecture will require another Rosetta miracle and if anybody can do it, it will be Apple.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/249292-microsoft-declares-windows-10-arm-devices-will-run-x86-code-near-native-speed
There's no reason to believe that Apple hasn't worked the same "miracle" and is just waiting for the right time to reveal it.
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2016 MacBook Pro butterfly keyboards failing twice as frequently as older models
You've got your numbers all wrong. Given that Apple sold north of 18 million Macs in 2016 (and probably a similar amount in 2014), it would be reasonable to assume that the MacBook Pro 13/15 unit volume was at least 5 million units and probably much higher. The "10% failure rate" you report means that the keyboard is responsible for 10% of the service work, not 10% of the installed base.
By your own numbers, there were 2120 service events for the 2014 generation, which would represent a 0.424% failure rate (2120/5,000,000). Of those failures, 5.6% were keyboard related, for a total keyboard failure rate of 0.024%.
Also by your own numbers, there were 1402 warranty events for 2016 MacBook Pros of which 11.8% were keyboard related. That's 0.035%.
The keyboard failure rate has neither doubled (it's gone up by perhaps 45%), nor is it significant.
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Apple cuts HomePod orders on weak demand, report says
I've been underwhelmed by the HomePod. My wife and I find it almost impossible to use Siri on our iPhones when inside our house. The HomePod intercepts all Siri requests, only to say "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that." If I wish to make a phone call, I must either do it via finger or walk to a remote corner of the house where the HomePods can't hear me.
