Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model

Post by selcuka » Wed, May 05, 2021, 12:43 AM UTC

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Qualcomm is also entering the laptop segment with its 8cx platform [1]. While not a serious contender to M1 yet, it is comparable to an Intel i5 [2]. Samsung is also planning to release an Exynos laptop [3]. [1] https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon-8cx-gen-2-5g-co... [2] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/snapdragon-8cx-vs-co... [3] https://www.engadget.com/samsung-exynos-amd-2200-windows-10-...

So what? Microsoft SQ1 has been there for a while [1]. Without a software support they are just a fancy stones that can't run desktop software. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Pro_X

This is a very late reply, but Windows 10 has its own x64 on ARM emulator [1]. It's not production ready as Rosetta but we'll see how it goes.

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2020/12/10/introdu...

Post by nightowl_games » Thu, May 06, 2021, 7:03 PM UTC

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On his recent Lex Fridman podcast appearance, Jim Keller speaks to exactly this mindset. He says that they've been heralding the death of Moore's law since he started and that the "one trick ponies" just keep coming. He says he doesn't doubt that they will continue.

> they've been heralding the death of Moore's law since he started and that the "one trick ponies" just keep coming. He says he doesn't doubt that they will continue. The situation is clearly far worse than what you suggest. Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, apparent computer performance was doubling roughly every two years. Your shiny new desktop was obsolete in 24 months. Today, we're lucky to get a 15% gain in tw…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ0yfEnwipo&t=712s

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