Esikhathini esingekude esedlule i-Apple imemezele ukuthi izoyeka ukusebenzisa ama-Intel chips angama-x86-64 ukushintshela kuwo Ama-chips e-ARM. Abakubize nge-Apple Silicon, okungezona izichips ezinama-ARM IP cores, kepha kuzoba ngamakhokho asuselwa ku-ISA ARM, kepha aklanywe yi-Apple uqobo.
Ngomnikazi linus torvalds Uthe kungakuhle ukuba nemishini enamandla ye-ARM yokuyithuthukisa, ukuze ukwazi ukuyihlanganisa ngaphandle kokuhlanganisa ukuhlanganisa lezi zakhiwo. Kepha ngaphandle kwakho konke lokhu, kufanele wazi ukuthi sekukhona amanye amakhompyutha analawa machips ngaphesheya kwe-Raspberry Pi. Isibonelo, i-Pinebook Pro ARM, engahle i-odiwe (i-oda langaphambilini) nge $ 199 ngeLinux.
Lawa malaptop anesikrini se-14.1 ″ IPS LCD FullHD, i-Dual-Core ARM 1.8Ghz Cortex-A72 64-bit chip, ne-Quad-Core Cortex-A53 1.4Ghz, kanye nama-MALI T-860 cores we-GPU yayo, 4GB LPDDR4 RAM , I-64 GB eMMC 5.0 yokugcina kanye nesistimu yokusebenza I-GNU / Linux. Vele, ilaptop izoba ne-WiFi, i-Bluetooth 5.0, i-USB 3.0 (A no-C), i-microSD slot ne-audio jack ...
Kulungile, kodwa ngiyaphi nakho konke lokhu? Kulula kakhulu. Njengakumkhakha we-server ne-HPC usuqala ukubona ubukhona be-ARM obuningi, uzokwazi lokho iqembu elinamandla kakhulu ku-Top500 kusekelwe ku-ARM, kungenzeka ukuthi into efanayo izokwenzeka kancane kancane emkhakheni we-PC, ngisho nangaphezulu ngegagasi eliqalwe yi-Apple ngokuqinisekile abaningi abazosizakala ngalo "ukusunduza". Njengoba kwenzekile ngama-iPod nenombolo yama-mp3 player aqhamuke kweminye imikhiqizo esebenzisa ukushuba kwemfiva yalezi zinsiza ...
I-ARM ayinayo kuphela izinzuzo kucace ngokusebenza kahle kwamandla (ukusetshenziswa kubalulekile emvelweni kanye nokwandisa ukuzimela kwamabhethri), kubuye kuthathe indawo encane kakhulu ku-silicon, ukuze ama-cores amaningi endaweni ngayinye aqaliswe ukwedlula ezinye izakhiwo ezifana x86. Lokho kungaba yimpahla enhle manje ukuthi isikhathi ngasinye lapho sisondele kumkhawulo we-silicon, ukwehlisa izindleko ngokuvuna okumnandi impela. Ngakho-ke, i-ARM akufanele ithathelwe phansi esikhathini esiphakathi kwi-PC, futhi ne-RISC-V akufanele, elandela ezinyathelweni zayo, yize isakhula ukuvuthwa).
Ama-Chromebook anama-ARM abekhona isikhathi eside.
Yize kube nempumelelo enkulu e-USA kanye nokwethembeka okuhle okuvela kubasebenzisi bayo (ukuphinda) kwezinye izimakethe, i-Google nabalingani bayo banqume ukungagcini kulokhu kunikezwa.
Muva nje uHuawei ukhiphe i-ARM desktop PC ene-UOS (Chinese Lignux esekwe kuDinin) okuthi, njengoba ingathengiswa eNtshonalanga, inganakiwe kakhulu, kepha kubukeka sengathi izokuhlomisa uhulumeni waseChina, okuyi Ukuthengisa okuqondile nokungaqondile okumbalwa.
Kepha i-Apple, njengoba cishe njalo ingaqambi isibhamu, yize kunjalo iSoC yayo izoba namandla kakhulu lapho ama-PC ayo e-ARM ephuma futhi kungekudala i-Samsung, eyenza i-adreno (isifinyezo se-radeon) navi yamaselula izokhipha ezinamandla kakhulu, ngoba umhlaba unjalo (noma mhlawumbe angiyona i-python).
Ngisakhumbula ama-2000s okuqala, lapho uSteve Jobs athi iMacintoshes "ingakhahlela noma iyiphi imbongolo ye-PC," futhi ibutho lama-fanboys lathi amandla abo abacatshangelwa yi-PowerPC processor, futhi i-Intel yayiyisitha. Ngo-2005 kwakukhona abangaphezu koyedwa abacishe bakhala ngoshintsho kuma-processor we-Intel, babikezela ukuthi kuzoba ukuphela kwama-Macs, nokuthi manje sebengafakwa kunoma iyiphi i-PC. Sala kahle kulokho okucatshangwa kuphela.
Ukuphela kwento eyenzekile ngempela ukuthi i-Apple ibithengisa ama-laptops okuthi, ngomthamo ofanayo wokucubungula, abize kabili noma kathathu ngokuqhathaniswa neminye imikhiqizo. Kuzokwenzekani manje? Ngabe ama-fanboys azophinde avale i-Intel bese ephinda ukuthi amandla we-mac ahlala kuma-processor awo 'akhethekile'?