Author doesn't seem to know about many things... they are also using 15W TDP for the AMD processor (even though it is most likely running around 40W for the duration of that benchmark).
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Apple Possibly Exploring Open-Source Alternative to Arm Architecture
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Author doesn't seem to know about many things... they are also using 15W TDP for the AMD processor (even though it is most likely running around 40W for the duration of that benchmark).
Fortunately I do (not in the topic of CPU design though, here I am memory a hobbyist)
I do, too, and mine *is* in the topic of CPU design. But I am enjoying the Internet-ing going on here so I’m just going to watch.
I think it's probably too late for Apple to switch to RISC-V. They're too heavily invested in ARM.
It’s never too late. There’s just no reason for them to do so at this time, so they won’t.
Just realized that article is from December 2020. The M1 Macs were brand new then. Not that surprising that the author wasn’t that familiar with them. He seems more like a PC/Linux guy anyway.
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M1 here or there, I just don't think that this article is any good. That's how sensationalist nonsense is born. A single non-standard benchmark (that tests who knows what, by the looks of it just naive ALU throughput), a mystery product with no detailed specs or information, and there we have it, "RISC-V is 4 times as power efficient as ARM!".
And then people bring RISC-V based prototype GPUs or ML accelerators as "proof". Well, Apple's GPU reaches 2.6TLOPS with just 10 watts, much more than their ARM cores could even dream of, why doesn't Apple use that as the basis of their CPUs? It's all a bunch of nonsense, that's what it is.
Well I disagree with them. How’s that ! Apple has gone from a company that cares to a large buerocracy.
Yep. Apple doesn’t care.
2021:
- Apple Launches New Nationwide Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Projects (January)
- Apple Donating to Texas Relief Efforts (February)
- Apple Celebrates Earth Day by Donating $1 for Every Apple Store Purchase Made With Apple Pay(April)
- Deals: 40mm GPS Apple Watch Series 6 in Red Discounted to $329 ($70 Off) (May)
- Apple Awarding $5 Million 'Innovation Grants' to Four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (June)
- Apple Extends Partnership With (RED) to Combat COVID-19 Until December 30 (June)
- Apple Has Deployed More Than $1 Billion Towards Affordable Housing Initiatives in California (July)
- Apple Donating to Flood Relief Efforts Across Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands (July)
- Apple Store Purchases Made With Apple Pay in U.S. Will Support the National Park Foundation This Week (August)
- Apple Celebrates National Parks With Apple Pay Donations, Apple Watch Challenge, and Park-Related Content (August)
- Apple to Donate to Hurricane Ida Relief and Recovery Efforts (August)
- Apple Commits Extra $30 Million to Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (August)
- Apple Accepting Donations to Help Australian Bushfire Relief Efforts (January)
- Apple and Apple Employees Donated $100 Million to Various Charitable Causes in 2019 (January)
- Apple Limiting Employee Travel to China Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Working to Avoid Supply Shortages (January)
- Apple on COVID-19 Coronavirus: Donations, Store Closings, WWDC and More (March)
- Apple Card Assistance Program Will Allow Customers to Skip March Payment Without Interest Due to Coronavirus (March)
- Apple Pledges Substantial Donation With Medical Supplies to Italy's First Responders and Medical Personnel (March)
- Apple Donating Millions of Masks to Healthcare Professionals in U.S. and Europe (March)
- Apple Helps Source Over 10 Million N95 Masks for Healthcare Providers in the U.S. (March)
- Apple's Pandemic Recovery Donation to China More Than Doubles to $7 Million (April)
- Apple Partners With Laurene Powell Jobs, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Others to Launch America's Food Fund (April)
- Apple Donating Over 20 Million Masks to Healthcare Professionals, Producing Face Shields With Suppliers (April)
- Apple Donates $10 Million to 'One World: Together At Home' Special to Support WHO's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund (April)
- Apple Shares Assembly and Use Instructions for New Face Shields, Shipping 1 Million Per Week to Medical Workers (April)
- Apple Music Launches $50 Million Advance Royalty Fund to Make Sure Independent Labels Can Pay Artists (April)
- Apple Redirecting 100% of Eligible Proceeds From (PRODUCT)RED Purchases to COVID-19 Response Fund Through September (April)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Appears on 'Big Night In' Fundraiser in UK (April)
- Apple Has Shipped 7.5 Million Face Shields to Healthcare Workers Worldwide (April)
- Apple Awards $10 Million to COVID-19 Testing Kit Maker From Advanced Manufacturing Fund(May)
- Tim Cook Addresses George Floyd's Death and Ensuing Protests and Riots as Apple Temporarily Closes Some U.S. Stores (May)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook on George Floyd's Death: We Must Aim Far Higher Than a 'Normal' Future(June)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Announces $100 Million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Led by Lisa Jackson (June)
- Apple Pledges More Than $400 Million Towards Affordable Housing Initiatives in California This Year (July)
- Apple Donates Proceeds From John Lewis Documentary to Museums Honoring His Legacy (July)
- Apple Donating to Wildfire Relief Efforts in California (August)
- Apple to Donate $10 to National Park Foundation for Each Purchase Made With Apple Pay at Apple Stores Through August 30 (August)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Donates $5 Million in Stock to Charity (August)
- Apple Donating Additional Funds to Firefighting Efforts on the West Coast (September)
- Apple Watch PRODUCT(RED) Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop Bands Now Available (October)
- Apple Donating 2,500 Devices to Boys and Girls Clubs Across the U.S. (November)
- Apple Highlights PPE Donations to Zambia in Fight Against COVID-19 and HIV (December)
- Apple Expands Partnership With (RED) to Combat HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 (December)
- Apple Says Employee Giving Program Has Raised Nearly $600 Million Since 2011 (December)
- Apple Watch Series 5 in (PRODUCT)RED Could Launch in 2020 (December)
I'm pretty sure that Apple is still the fragmented, messy company that it always was. It just has enough space in one building that it doesn't need the hundreds of small buildings that they used to use.
They are not light on their feet, though.