18 Sep
2021
18 Sep
'21
4:11 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 10:03:42PM +0100, Derek Fawcus wrote:
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 11:07:10AM -0700, Larry McVoy
wrote:
Credit to ARM, but M1 was where I saw it first. The M1 performance is
pretty impressive as well. Reminds me of LED bulbs: "Wait, these are
brighter, use less power, and cost less? How is that a thing?"
Apple, much to my surprise, has been thinking about this stuff.
The M1 is one of the better thought out chips in a long time.
I especially liked the idea of slow (and low
battery draw)
processors for some apps, and fast ones for apps that need
fast. It's an obvious idea in retrospect but I hadn't thought
to do it that way. Clever.
I'd suggest that is not Apple, but ARM. That was sort of the whole
point of their BIG.little architecture with performance and efficiency
cores.