http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/16/12939310/iphone-7-a10-fusion-processor-apple-intel-future
As the Twitter post referenced in the article states, take it with a grain of salt, but I found this interesting that an ARM processor outperformed a workstation-class Intel processor in single-threaded performance. It's just one benchmark, but still I find it surprising. I'll be interested in seeing more as the iPhone 7 gets into people's hands because this seems hard to believe. But if its true and shows across other benchmarks as well then perhaps Apple will dump Intel for its own ARM chips in the Mac line, or just merge iOS and macOS into one platform like everyone has been expecting for years.
As the Twitter post referenced in the article states, take it with a grain of salt, but I found this interesting that an ARM processor outperformed a workstation-class Intel processor in single-threaded performance. It's just one benchmark, but still I find it surprising. I'll be interested in seeing more as the iPhone 7 gets into people's hands because this seems hard to believe. But if its true and shows across other benchmarks as well then perhaps Apple will dump Intel for its own ARM chips in the Mac line, or just merge iOS and macOS into one platform like everyone has been expecting for years.