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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Leading Edge Foundry Node advances (TSMC, Samsung Foundry, Intel) - [2020 - 2025].

    Chiplets make more sense for Apple with a changing mix of needs. They had enough volume to justify separate dies for base, Pro and Max...

    Yesterday at 4:40 PM
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    Doug S reacted to 511's post in the thread Discussion Leading Edge Foundry Node advances (TSMC, Samsung Foundry, Intel) - [2020 - 2025] with Like.

    FYI it takes 14 weeks for N2 from raw silicone wafer to finished N2 Wafer.

    Saturday at 11:19 PM
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Leading Edge Foundry Node advances (TSMC, Samsung Foundry, Intel) - [2020 - 2025].

    Do you know or have a guess as to how long the remaining steps between "finished wafer" and "ship to customer to install in their...

    Saturday at 11:19 PM
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Leading Edge Foundry Node advances (TSMC, Samsung Foundry, Intel) - [2020 - 2025].

    If the China Times claim that mass production of N2 starts end of April is real then they'd be able to start shipping Macs using those...

    Friday at 5:06 PM
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Leading Edge Foundry Node advances (TSMC, Samsung Foundry, Intel) - [2020 - 2025].

    What happened to the rumors that Nvidia was prepaying for N2 and would be at the front of the line along with Apple? That can't be true...

    Thursday at 4:14 PM
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    Doug S replied to the thread Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread.

    N2 risk production started last July. Mass production will be starting in H2 2025, not risk. China Times had an article (referenced by...

    Thursday at 4:12 PM
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Google Tensor SoC thread.

    On the one hand if you own one you probably like seeing this, on the other hand you have to wonder how in the world the drivers were so...

    Tuesday at 5:11 PM
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    Doug S reacted to soresu's post in the thread Discussion ARM Cortex/Neoverse IP + SoCs (no custom cores) Discussion with Like.

    AMX did you mean?

    Mar 22, 2025
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    If they end up having some sort of 'Ultra' every year it would make sense to have Studio trail Mac Pro, similar to how Macbook Air...

    Mar 21, 2025
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    Doug S reacted to johnsonwax's post in the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread with Like.

    I think the suggestion was that it was a fairly minor modification of the existing A19 which is already on that node, and A20Pro would...

    Mar 21, 2025
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    Its also quite costly to make everything in N2 when the BOM of the non Pro phones needs to be kept down. So I think they'll split...

    Mar 21, 2025
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes Discussion Threads.

    What do you base that on? I haven't seen any bandwidth comparisons, and since they have a similar number of pins I can't imagine the...

    Mar 21, 2025
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion AMD's Future CPU-APU Gone ARM !!!.

    I'm sure it will go as well as their attempts to dethrone the iPhone and the iPad lol

    Mar 21, 2025
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Qualcomm Snapdragon Thread.

    Not sure there are all that many such people. People who haven't OWNED a Windows PC, sure. But people who have never used Windows are...

    Mar 21, 2025
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    Doug S replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    I think that rumor is ALSO wrong. A20 will be N3P, A20P will be N2.

    Mar 20, 2025

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