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otterley
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Apple's director of machine learning resigns due t...
It takes years to design and ship new silicon. For all we know, the M1 was taped out just before COVID hit and people started working from home.
babl-yc
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Yeah, the M1 mac is not a strong example. They began _shipping_ in Nov 2020, so I bet the design was finalized or close to it before the March shutdowns in the Bay Area began.
thrtythreeforty
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I strongly suspect M1 taped out before the pandemic started
dehrmann
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It was also the result of a decade of work on ARM chips for iPhones and iPads.
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