When the M1 was released it had the fastest single core out of any CPU in the world.
The question is can Apple do the same in 2022 or was it more because Apple had access to TSMC's 5nm node.
If Apple released the Firestorm and Icestorm on 7NP instead of 5nm would Apple been ahead of AMD in single thread?
We can see the upcoming uArchs from Muliple CPU/SoC vendors soon. I
Intel with Raptor Lake late 2022, Meteror Lake sometime late 2023. Meteor Lake is said to Intel's first tiled architecture similar to AMD's chiplets. What's interesting about Meteor lake is that some of the CPU will have a 192 Core Xe GPU, it will be interesting to see how Intel feeds those cores. Meteor Lake is where Intel is moving to a new node so I would expect some efficiency improvements on desktop and laptop.
As for AMD Zen 4 is going to be potentially great as it will be based on 5N from TSMC. But since Apple would likely never use AMD CPUs for Macs I have not focussed on them too much.
My pondering thought is when will Apple Mac users regret that Apple moved away from Intel? Maybe when Intel is beating Apple in performance per watt OR could it be that Intel when Intel has a 50% more performant CPUs. I know I would because is that came to fruition then I would be disappointed that if Apple would stayed with Intel I would had access to multiple OS with a wide range of applications just from Dual booting on a Mac.
The best course for Apple would have been to stick with Intel and also make their own chips. Apple certainly has enough capital to maintain both x86 and ARM.
I think by 2025 we will know if Apple's choice was right. People forget but Apple has always made big mistakes before some that threaten the reputation of a single product line ie trash can mac pro, 2016 macbooks.
Please tell me what you guys think of all this nonsense I wrote.
The question is can Apple do the same in 2022 or was it more because Apple had access to TSMC's 5nm node.
If Apple released the Firestorm and Icestorm on 7NP instead of 5nm would Apple been ahead of AMD in single thread?
We can see the upcoming uArchs from Muliple CPU/SoC vendors soon. I
Intel with Raptor Lake late 2022, Meteror Lake sometime late 2023. Meteor Lake is said to Intel's first tiled architecture similar to AMD's chiplets. What's interesting about Meteor lake is that some of the CPU will have a 192 Core Xe GPU, it will be interesting to see how Intel feeds those cores. Meteor Lake is where Intel is moving to a new node so I would expect some efficiency improvements on desktop and laptop.
As for AMD Zen 4 is going to be potentially great as it will be based on 5N from TSMC. But since Apple would likely never use AMD CPUs for Macs I have not focussed on them too much.
My pondering thought is when will Apple Mac users regret that Apple moved away from Intel? Maybe when Intel is beating Apple in performance per watt OR could it be that Intel when Intel has a 50% more performant CPUs. I know I would because is that came to fruition then I would be disappointed that if Apple would stayed with Intel I would had access to multiple OS with a wide range of applications just from Dual booting on a Mac.
The best course for Apple would have been to stick with Intel and also make their own chips. Apple certainly has enough capital to maintain both x86 and ARM.
I think by 2025 we will know if Apple's choice was right. People forget but Apple has always made big mistakes before some that threaten the reputation of a single product line ie trash can mac pro, 2016 macbooks.
Please tell me what you guys think of all this nonsense I wrote.
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