The M1 processor launched by Apple is the most powerful processor in the ARM camp. Its performance is comparable to Intel’s Core i7. This is of great significance. A Mac equipped with the M1 processor will have a huge impact on the PC market. The ARM camp The dream of defeating Intel in the PC market is expected to become a reality.
The ARM camp has always wanted to enter the PC market
Before Apple, the ARM camp had been praying to enter the PC market dominated by Intel. The Chromebook launched by Google uses both Intel and ARM processors. Chromebooks are very popular in the American education market.
In 2018, Microsoft and Qualcomm of the Wintel Alliance jointly released ARM notebooks. This is another attempt by the ARM camp to attack the PC market. However, for more than two years, this kind of notebooks have rarely been seen in the market, and they are still affected by the consumer and enterprise markets. Intel rules.
There are many reasons why it is difficult for ARM to shake Intel in the PC market, but the main reason is that ARM architecture processors are too far behind X86 processors in terms of performance. ARM’s original intention was low power consumption. After all, ARM was aimed at the mobile market from the beginning. It needed to pack small enough chips into the narrow spaces of consumer electronics products such as mobile phones. This also resulted in the performance of ARM architecture processors being too weak, especially It is far inferior to Intel processors in terms of multithreading.
In order to improve performance, ARM has been working hard to develop powerful high-performance cores in recent years, and the performance has improved rapidly. However, processors designed by Qualcomm and Huawei that use ARM's public cores are still unable to match Intel in terms of performance. Compared with the ARM, Apple, which has obtained ARM's authorization to develop its own core architecture, has become the hope of the ARM camp.
Apple M1 may be expected to break the situation in the PC market
The A-series processors developed by Apple have always represented the strongest performance of the ARM camp. The A-series processors it developed have gradually caught up with Intel's processors in terms of single-core performance. The A14 processor launched this year is in terms of single-core performance. It is comparable to Intel's i9, but its weakness is still multi-threaded processing capabilities.
The M1 launched by Apple this time has enhanced multi-threaded processing capabilities. It uses an eight-core architecture, while the A14 processor is a six-core architecture; the A14 processor is limited by the size of the mobile phone and cannot be made larger and the matching heat dissipation device is weak. , Because the M1 processor can be used in a Mac to be larger and can be equipped with a more powerful radiator and fan, the performance of the M1 is far stronger than that of the A14. It is said that the multi-core performance of the M1 processor is comparable to Intel's i7.
In addition to the powerful processor performance, Apple also has strong software development capabilities. It has previously successfully ported the MacOS system from IBM's power architecture to Intel's X86 architecture. Therefore, it is also necessary to migrate the MacOS system from the X86 architecture to the ARM architecture. Unwritten question; at the same time, it develops the iOS system for mobile phones as a closed system. The iOS system has formed a complete ecosystem. In recent years, Apple has been promoting the integration of the iOS system and the MacOS system, so it can use the ecosystem of the iOS system to enrich MacOS system, to avoid lack of ecology after porting MacOS system to ARM architecture.
Apple has proven itself as an innovation leader in the technology industry many times before. Its iPod has changed the MP3 industry, the iPhone has opened up the era of smartphones, and the iPad has wiped out Intel’s netbooks. These successful history have convinced the industry that it launched The ARM-based Mac will also have the potential to change the PC market.
In summary, Boming Technology believes that the PC product that Apple launched this time, the ARM architecture MAC, is a product it launched after full preparation. It will be a huge blow to Intel, which has monopolized the PC market for many years. MAC breaks the situation, and many ARM manufacturers will follow up quickly. At that time, the dream of defeating Intel in the PC market that the ARM camp expects will become a reality.
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