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That’s nuts how far ahead Apple is: these are all recent chips at the A13 came out in 2019
Apple doesn’t actually make the chips, that would be TSMC
TSMC doesn’t actually make the chips, that would be EUV machines manufactured by ASML operated by employees of TSMC if you want to be pedantic.
Snapdragon 8+ gen 1 is built on TSMC 4nm as well, so that’s probably not the single factor.
It doesn't help that Qualcomm's 888, and 8 Gen 1 were a disappointment. Even more so since they were the debut of ARM's Cortex-X series of performance cores. Those were supposed to be ARM's attempt at matching Apple's custom cores. Thermal throttling issues meant that they weren't even real upgrades from the 865 in terms of sustained performance.
The original Kirin 9000 was from 2020. Hard to improve performance, if the US government is doing everything to hinder your ability to make chips in the first place. Huawei matching the original TSMC 5nm EUV chip with just SMIC 7nm DUV is a miracle.
Oh yeah - this is not to undermine Huawei’s achievement here which is absolutely incredible. I just think the choice of putting the A13 as the newest apple chip on a chart with modern chips is an interesting one
The full chart contains most modern chips from the 6 major ARM mobile SOC vendors. I just cropped it because it would've way too long otherwise. I also cropped it like that so that the number on the chart can be read as performance relative to the 865 without needing context.
Ahhh, that makes a lot more sense