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Why haven't Intel and AMD caught up with Apple Silicon yet? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Champoloo@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Is ARM the only way to get there? And if so, why isn't Microsoft pushing for Windows on ARM? Are they too busy working on Copilot?

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[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

because apple controls both OS and hardware to minmax power efficiency. you run the same hardware with asahi linux, efficiency isnt as good.

same idea with pc handhelds. the reason why the steam deck has reasonable battery life for its battery size is because valve has full control of steam os CPU governor to tweak. AMD and Intel do not for Windows.

the main thing arm has that the x86 chips dont have is a functional sleep levels that arent picky.

the OS matters a lot more than the hardware does than people think it does.

you see this often with hardware companies and their brand of android.