Apple's CPU History

Apple's CPU History

One of Apple's most famous moves is building their own chips for the iPad and iPhones. But Apple's relationship with ARM has go way back

August 20, 2023 · 6 min · 1242 words · erwinkarim
Microsoft ARM Efforts

Microsoft ARM Efforts

During Build 2022, Microsoft unveiled Project Volterra, a Mac Mini-like desktop that targeted on developers with one key difference: it runs an ARM processor from Qualcomm instead of X86 from Intel

May 30, 2022 · 8 min · 1526 words · erwinkarim
ARM vs RISC-V

ARM vs RISC-V

The RISC game has been dominated by ARM since the advent and rise of the smart phones and other smart devices. RISC-V is a relatively new player in town with a completely different approach towards building RISC computers. Will RISC-V wrestle the crown from ARM?

July 14, 2021 · 10 min · 2089 words · erwinkarim
Why Apple Moved to ARM

Why Apple Moved to ARM

Apple is known as the master of platform transitions. First from Motorola chip to PowerPC, then Mac 9 to OS X and PowerPC to Intel chip. Now Apple is moving from Intel to their own solution. We investigate why they are moving to their own ARM-derivative platform.

January 23, 2021 · 5 min · 961 words · erwinkarim