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Sunday, October 24, 2021
CONTINUITY: ARM1 from 1985 vs. Apple M1 Max
Here are the two dies at the same scale. The M1 Max is much larger physically; I estimate it is 20 mm wide. Its transistors are much smaller (5 nm vs 3000 nm) giving it 57 billion transistors instead of 25,000. If built with modern transistors, the ARM1 would be a tiny dot. pic.twitter.com/OdLhG7TXX2
— Ken Shirriff (@kenshirriff) October 18, 2021
Here is more about the evolution of the ARM processor architecture over the years.
Posted at October 24, 2021 12:38