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Jun 20, 2020 at 22:03
"Apple could [..] deeply integrate the operating system and the design of the chip itself to [..] bring new features and capabilities to market." https://stratechery.com/2020/apple-arm-and-intel/ Are there real benefits of a bespoke CPU+OS combo? I'm struggling to imagine concrete things it enables.

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