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kscherer
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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2020-11-10, 18:07

Apple has never publicly announced clock speeds for their custom chips. People think that clock speed is king, but it isn't. What die size is used? It matters. How fast is the RAM? That matters, too. How fast is the storage? That also matters. It's an out-of-date "horsepower" argument. My brother's 18-wheeler has way more horsepower than my pickup, but my pickup is a LOT faster than his truck. My "X" has more power than your "Y" is not a valid argument, and it never has been. Back in the day, 800MHz PowerPC G4's were running circles around 3GHZ Pentium 4's.

Why do we care about clock speed?

Apple builds a system, and clock speed is irrelevant. Sure, clock speed comparisons are important if you believe that clock speed is the only important metric. Otherwise, I don't care.

And it will be fun and challenging with those customers for whom clock speed is the only thing that matters.

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