Comment by amelius
9 hours ago
Apple does not produce general purpose computing parts.
This is an industry blog, not a consumer oriented blog.
9 hours ago
Apple does not produce general purpose computing parts.
This is an industry blog, not a consumer oriented blog.
M4 and M5 are literally general purpose computing parts. Apple literally owns the most profitable general purpose computing platform with the iPhone.
Perhaps this was worded poorly, but the parent is referring to inability to source these processors from Apple and use them in other (non-Apple devices).
As in, they don't sell you the parts, they only sell you the entire product. If you don't want the entire package, the processors alone are irrelevant.
None of us can buy or make an X925 in isolation. We can't get one and stick it in our motherboard. It has literally zero relevance to the desktop space. You can buy a DGX Spark and use it, just like you can buy a Mac Mini.
The tested machine is an nvidia GB10 which nvidia makes and sells as a whole unit and various vendors stick it in different devices to try to differentiate (although in the end they're all basically identical).
And yes, it is extremely weird for it to never mention the Apple chip, which has a little something to do with who they thank for lending them the device. The arbitrary claims for why they ignored the enormous, class-leading ARM processor in the space is not convincing.
I mean, the other claim that this is an "industry blog" and not a "consumer blog" was equally silly. It's basically for curious hobbyists. Zero industry insiders follow this to see about the core in the GB10. It's basically Anandtech.
The iPhone is anything but a general purpose computing platform. Apple actively prevents many purposes.
A general purpose platform does not mean that any possible purpose is possible. It means that it is not architected for a specific purpose, but instead is open to multiple.
iPhone is an Apple controlled computing platform.
That does not stop it from being intended for general purpose use cases as opposed to targeted ones like gaming.