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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Qualcomm Snapdragon Thread.

    I don’t there is much that prevents others from doing what Apple is doing, it is just that it takes time and hard work. People keep...

    Yesterday at 11:54 AM
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    If only technical considerations weren’t so far down the on the list when stands are taken for political righteousness. I don’t doubt...

    Saturday at 11:55 AM
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Qualcomm Snapdragon Thread.

    They couldn’t have waited a year. I think even rushing they were still too late. They need to get as many people still using short hour...

    Friday at 10:08 AM
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    Don’t rule it out. In 2026, there will be a president willing to set sky high tariffs, even 200 to 500 percent to force what he thinks...

    Friday at 9:42 AM
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Qualcomm Snapdragon Thread.

    To take significant premium laptop marketshare you have do more than just not have disadvantages. You need for people to have...

    Thursday at 7:18 PM
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Qualcomm Snapdragon Thread.

    There are some rumorists who claim Nvidia is going to double dip, regular consumer laptops with Mediatek CPUs but then a bigger AI SOC...

    Thursday at 10:44 AM
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    The frequency ramp is just a time function, if the code is not complete at particular intervals, the core will ramp to top frequency...

    Nov 20, 2024
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    The Hardcard reacted to Doug S's post in the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread with Like.

    The one part that really stood out to me:

    Nov 18, 2024
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Question AMD Laying off 4% of worldwide workforce to "focus more on AI".

    It bad that he is a pedophile, but that has no impact on the accuracy of his technical writing. His Ars articles remain valid.

    Nov 16, 2024
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Question AMD Laying off 4% of worldwide workforce to "focus more on AI".

    Name those 1998 - 2009 chips please. If you search Bulldozer on Anandtech, the first Bulldozer was 2011, articles I read at the time...

    Nov 16, 2024
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    The Hardcard reacted to poke01's post in the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread with Like.

    So we got M4 Max ffmpeg compilation and LLVM results. https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2411150-NE-M4MAXMACO64 So yeah M4 Max...

    Nov 16, 2024
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Question AMD Laying off 4% of worldwide workforce to "focus more on AI".

    That is inaccurate. The Fusion project began in 2006 which would be around the timeframe that the Bulldozer design began. And, I do...

    Nov 16, 2024
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    I can’t make the Notebookcheck’s efficiency numbers make sense. CB24 single thread of 177 at a claimed 6.5 watts (which seems low) for...

    Nov 12, 2024
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    The Hardcard reacted to name99's post in the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread with Like.

    They could easily go together. If Apple's preferred policy is more or less: a base Mac Mini costs $600 (or whatever) then to some extent...

    Nov 9, 2024
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    The Hardcard replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    It is not remotely an experiment. Apple has had the same pricing for more than 2 decades. Outside of a few $100 bumps, all Apple base...

    Nov 8, 2024

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