So I am including all the silicon that has been developed by Apple from A4 on up, I just wasn't sure if I should put this in here or in the Apple general discussion. Anyways, to me these are the most important/favorites that I have:
1. Apple A7 first seen in the iPhone 5S, it was the first 64-bit ARM processor sold, and was the first time I realized that oh, Apple will make their own chips in their computers someday. This is in 2013, 5 years before anyone seriously considered the idea. I would post about the possibility on here and other forums and would constantly get a barrage of people saying I didn't understand how chips worked, that it couldn't scale like that, etc while they themselves couldn't really explain their reasoning. I remember that the processor was so advanced, that it blindsided the likes of Qualcomm and Samsung, and Apple seems to have kept a 1-2 year advance over the competition since.
2. Apple A13 First seen in the iPhone 11 family in 2019, it later became the basis of the Apple Watch Series 6 (and 7, 8, 9), was used in the Studio Display, and many other devices. It was also the first 5NM chip to be used in consumer products. Most of all it was the basis of what I would argue is Apple's greatest achievement since the iPhone. Still use my iPhone 11 and Series 6 to this day!
3. Apple M1 This was an industry shifting chip, proving that ARM is the future of PCs, and was so much that it is part of the reason why Intel is tanking nowadays. The gains then and now are still being felt. You can even still buy the M1 MBA in Walmarts, and to this day it still stacks up well against a lot of newer PCs.
So what about you guys? Any favorites or chips they made that you think is very significant? Also, I was bored and made this wallpaper:
1. Apple A7 first seen in the iPhone 5S, it was the first 64-bit ARM processor sold, and was the first time I realized that oh, Apple will make their own chips in their computers someday. This is in 2013, 5 years before anyone seriously considered the idea. I would post about the possibility on here and other forums and would constantly get a barrage of people saying I didn't understand how chips worked, that it couldn't scale like that, etc while they themselves couldn't really explain their reasoning. I remember that the processor was so advanced, that it blindsided the likes of Qualcomm and Samsung, and Apple seems to have kept a 1-2 year advance over the competition since.
2. Apple A13 First seen in the iPhone 11 family in 2019, it later became the basis of the Apple Watch Series 6 (and 7, 8, 9), was used in the Studio Display, and many other devices. It was also the first 5NM chip to be used in consumer products. Most of all it was the basis of what I would argue is Apple's greatest achievement since the iPhone. Still use my iPhone 11 and Series 6 to this day!
3. Apple M1 This was an industry shifting chip, proving that ARM is the future of PCs, and was so much that it is part of the reason why Intel is tanking nowadays. The gains then and now are still being felt. You can even still buy the M1 MBA in Walmarts, and to this day it still stacks up well against a lot of newer PCs.
So what about you guys? Any favorites or chips they made that you think is very significant? Also, I was bored and made this wallpaper:
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