simple@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoQualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down14 cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology
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minus-squareN-E-N@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoThe recent Snapdragon chips have been awesome, but that’s not Apple’s magic, it’s their x86 to ARM translation layer
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoIt’s not just the translation layer. There’s hardware built into the CPU to accelerate the translation. Pair that with the CPUs already being so incredibly efficient and you’ve got something that runs x86 programs as good as the old hardware.
minus-squareAnomalous_Llama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoAnd the fact that they have silicon space dedicated to accelerating that translation layer specifically. Good software and good hardware married to make a kickass move to ARM.
The recent Snapdragon chips have been awesome, but that’s not Apple’s magic, it’s their x86 to ARM translation layer
It’s not just the translation layer. There’s hardware built into the CPU to accelerate the translation.
Pair that with the CPUs already being so incredibly efficient and you’ve got something that runs x86 programs as good as the old hardware.
And the fact that they have silicon space dedicated to accelerating that translation layer specifically.
Good software and good hardware married to make a kickass move to ARM.