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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Explore the new system architectire of Apple Silicon Macs
Date: 29 Jun 2020 19:14:09 GMT
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On 2020-06-29, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2020-06-29 09:00, Lewis wrote:
>> In message <K8lKG.19999$Vp4.7029@fx44.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>> On 2020-06-28 19:51, Your Name wrote:
>>>> On 2020-06-28 19:44:22 +0000, Alan Baker said:
>>>>
>>>>> Except for the little fact that Apple designs the chips
>>>>> themselves...
>>>>
>>>> Yep. Techncially ...
>>>>
>>>> A.  Apple Silicon chips are not ARM chips anyway. They are designed
>> 
>>> ARM do not make chips.  The license designs.
>> 
>>>> by Apple, *based on ARM*, and manufactured by TSMC and probably
>> 
>>> They are ARM and Apple pay ARM a license fee for each chip.  That
>>> Apple have added functionality is beside the point since many
>>> licensees add some functionality to their SOC's - if not as much as
>>> Apple do - as part of their product integration.
>> 
>> No, this is very wrong. Apple is designing their own chips from the
>> ground up. They are licensing the ARM instruction set, not ship
>> design.
>
> I doubt it very much, but please post definitive proof.

LOL... Get a load of this guy. : D

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