Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Why are Apple Mac users so easily bamboozled by Apple MARKETING bullshit regarding "Apple Silicon" which is, in fact, TSMC silicon with licensed ARM technology Date: 30 Jun 2020 17:08:14 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <280620201335101664%nospam@nospam.invalid> <9nsKG.76486$7vd.7247@fx35.iad> <290620201708032763%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net fZgRvai2mrOa3GvlnXIVNQmYBjmEPL7DGFGZ1zaGteVKRRiOX1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:RqiffJ/7EZNm9zcaqP2U9YDT7+U= X-No-Archive: Yes MMail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:133087 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:119780 On 2020-06-29, nospam wrote: > In article <9nsKG.76486$7vd.7247@fx35.iad>, JF Mezei > wrote: > >>> qualcomm was blindsided when apple came out with the first 64 bit arm >>> chip, as was the entire industry. >> >> Blindsighted is too strong a word. > > not at all. if anything, it greatly understates what happened. > >> ARM is the one who released the 64 >> bit architecture to licensees, so Qualcomm would have been working on >> implementing it on silicon it and would assume Apple and others were >> doing the same. > > to use everyone's favourite quote: *stop* *making* *things* *up*. > > qualcomm wasn't working on 64 bit arm processors, and when apple > announced the 64 bit a7, they tried to claim 61 bit wasn't needed and > nothing more than a gimmick because they were *completely* caught by > surprise. > > > "The 64-bit Apple chip hit us in the gut," says the Qualcomm > employee. "Not just us, but everyone, really. We were slack-jawed, > and stunned, and unprepared. It¹s not that big a performance > difference right now, since most current software won¹t benefit. But > in Spinal Tap terms it¹s like, 32 more, and now everyone wants it."  > > only *after* apple's announcement did qualcomm scramble to come up with > their own implementation, except that apple continued to advance and > widen the gap even further. > >> Apple was first to market with the new architecture. It may have been a >> surprise, but not a blindsight. But it showed that Apple's chip >> designers were seriosu business. > > it completely blindsided the industry. full stop. JF Mezie, Alan Browne, and trollboi Arleen are all out of their depth - all making arguments based on lies and willful ignorance. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR