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Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

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1080 points antipaul | 3 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.456s | source
1. jwmoz ◴[12 Nov 20 05:54 UTC] No.25066904[source]▶
Can someone ELI5 why this new M1 chip would be better than decades of Intel's experience?
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2. username90 ◴[12 Nov 20 06:05 UTC] No.25066966[source]▶
Apple pays a lot better and can therefore get the best engineers. Having experience isn't very helpful when the competition can just poach it by paying salaries your organization can't afford.
3. jb1991 ◴[12 Nov 20 08:10 UTC] No.25067621[source]▶
Well the M1 is not some "new" and "overnight" phenomenon. Apple has been designing its own ARM chips for iOS for a decade now, and with great success. The iPad Pro's ARM is still faster than at least 90% of all laptops made by any company. Moving that into their desktop/laptop line made a lot of sense and leverages many years of research and production experience.