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		yoz-y on July 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple: No Macintosh Forks. But the iPad... But Apple does not need to be a good or efficient fab because TSMC and Global Foundries already exist. One of the cited reasons for ARM transition is specifically that Intel fab sucks and their CPUs have been lagging in performance per watt for years.

snazz on July 28, 2019 [–]

Performance per watt isn’t too important on the Mac Pro and the low volumes mean that developing a purpose-built chip would be extremely cost-prohibitive.

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