> Edit: On that note, it's kind of ironic how every Android phone has the DNA of a company Apple cofounded and initially led.
You do realize that the ARM architecture existed for almost a decade before Apple was involved, right? From 1981-1990.
Apple was involved with ARM Ltd, the company that was formed when the chip division was rolled out of Acorn; not in the design of the original chips. Apple wasn’t significantly involved until the ARM6. Considering Microsoft was as involved with the StrongARM project, most of which has long since been integrated into the mainline ARM architecture, you could argue their DNA is just as integrated. By your logic, at least.
> Both based on Apple's higher-performing core designs than ARM stock
ARM’s vanilla cores aren’t intended to be high performance cores. They never sought that out until the recently started X-series, which even still isn’t designed to operate in the same envelope as Apple Silicon.
Their designs have always been primarily focused on power efficiency with a secondary focus on drop-in generality.
You do realize that the ARM architecture existed for almost a decade before Apple was involved, right? From 1981-1990.
Apple was involved with ARM Ltd, the company that was formed when the chip division was rolled out of Acorn; not in the design of the original chips. Apple wasn’t significantly involved until the ARM6. Considering Microsoft was as involved with the StrongARM project, most of which has long since been integrated into the mainline ARM architecture, you could argue their DNA is just as integrated. By your logic, at least.
> Both based on Apple's higher-performing core designs than ARM stock
ARM’s vanilla cores aren’t intended to be high performance cores. They never sought that out until the recently started X-series, which even still isn’t designed to operate in the same envelope as Apple Silicon. Their designs have always been primarily focused on power efficiency with a secondary focus on drop-in generality.