Mobile is the new PC and AArch64 is the new x64

[Joakim]

On Saturday, 10 November 2018 at 11:45:22 UTC, Rubn wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 November 2018 at 07:29:17 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Monday, 10 September 2018 at 13:43:46 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>> LDC recently added a linux/AArch64 CI for both its main 
>>> branches and 64-bit ARM, ie AArch64, builds have been put out 
>>> for both linux and Android. It does not seem that many are 
>>> paying attention to this sea change that is going on with 
>>> computing though, so let me lay out some evidence.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> Two more interesting bits of news I saw lately:
>>
>> - The octa-core AArch64 CPU in the latest iPad Pro benchmarks 
>> better than last year's core i7 Macbook Pro, a bit behind this 
>> year's core i9 Macbook Pro:
>>
>> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/apple-walks-ars-through-the-ipad-pros-a12x-system-on-a-chip/
>
> Not really that impressive, my desktop i5-2500k from like 8 
> years ago is still faster than the CPU in last years Macbook 
> pro. Intel has been stagnate with their 14nm processors. Even 
> this years CPUs is still based on the same architecture as 
> their CPU from 2-3 years ago.

No, benchmarks show the mobile i7 in last year's MBP as faster 
than your old desktop core i5, so the iPad Pro is faster than 
your desktop. :P Of course, the TDP of your desktop i5 is twice 
the mobile i7 and almost 10 times the A12X in the new iPad Pro, 
so Apple completely blows away Intel on the 
performance-to-power-dissipation ratio.

> With Ryzen we're expected to see a CPU next year with 64 cores 
> and 128 threads at 7nm.

There are 64-bit ARM workstations and server cores if you want 
that:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12571/gigabyte-thunderxstation-cavium-thunderx2-socs

> That GPU performance though, pretty impressive considering how 
> large the heatsinks and amount of fans are on traditional GPUs.

Indeed.