Research Archive
More Core, More Power: The Apple M4 Pro Advantage
Key Takeaways: Focus on performances cores for CPU and increased memory bandwidth. Several configurations available for the M4 series chips: M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. CPU core count varies from 8 to 16 cores, with combinations of performance and efficiency cores, but focus on performance cores at higher end SKUs. GPU options range from…
Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit: Oryon Sets the Table for PCs with AI
What’s Significant Qualcomm has finally shared extensive details of their Oryon custom architecture purpose-built to take Arm-based Windows PCs to the next level. This is a result of years of work via their acquisition of Nuvia, and represents a significant moment for Qualcomm as they return to a proprietary custom Arm architecture. Overall, Qualcomm shared…
Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit: What’s new with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Today at Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm announced their 2024 flagship mobile chipset: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Below is our thoughts on what is significant and a recap of the main announcements. What’s Significant: Gen AI is being a popular marketing term and also a differentiating factor for a lot of consumer and enterprise products right now.…
Research Note: Our View on Report Nvidia and AMD Arm PC Chips
The recent report from Reuters about Nvidia looking to make a push with an Arm PC chip has been a long time coming. We have known about Nvidia’s interests in this space for several years as a part of a broader CPU roadmap on Arm moving from data center to PC. The report also highlights…