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0 pointsMichaelZuo2y ago0 comments

> Apple customers’ appetite for compute is practically bottomless.

I don't think so, the typical iPhone user has not scaled up their compute needs much past the 2015 A9.

And if you exclude the computational photography stuff, I could imagine some users don't take advantage of it at all.

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Performance per watt is the new Moore's law - though most users don't need more power, they do appreciate longer battery lives

msh2y ago

I think that the games on my iphone would disagree.

MichaelZuoOP2y ago

Genshin Impact runs on the A9, I don't think there exist any more computationally demanding games on mobile.

What games are you referring to?

msh2y ago

I enjoy xcom 2 and civilization for example.

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pier252y ago

What percentage of iOS users are really hardcore gamers? I don't know, but I doubt it's even close to 25%.

It's anecdotal but I don't know of any iOS/iPadOS user that plays anything remotely demanding. Most users I know don't game. Those that do usually play casual games like Candy Crush.

ytch2y ago

It's just my (unprofessional) assumption, but besides CPU and GPU, maybe NPU (AI) still have room for improvement.

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0 pointsMichaelZuo2y ago0 comments

> Apple customers’ appetite for compute is practically bottomless.

I don't think so, the typical iPhone user has not scaled up their compute needs much past the 2015 A9.

And if you exclude the computational photography stuff, I could imagine some users don't take advantage of it at all.

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darkr2y ago

Performance per watt is the new Moore's law - though most users don't need more power, they do appreciate longer battery lives

msh2y ago

I think that the games on my iphone would disagree.

MichaelZuoOP2y ago

Genshin Impact runs on the A9, I don't think there exist any more computationally demanding games on mobile.

What games are you referring to?

msh2y ago

I enjoy xcom 2 and civilization for example.

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pier252y ago

What percentage of iOS users are really hardcore gamers? I don't know, but I doubt it's even close to 25%.

It's anecdotal but I don't know of any iOS/iPadOS user that plays anything remotely demanding. Most users I know don't game. Those that do usually play casual games like Candy Crush.

ytch2y ago

It's just my (unprofessional) assumption, but besides CPU and GPU, maybe NPU (AI) still have room for improvement.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse