Zuwan Apple Silicon ya haifar da sabon zamani na kwamfutocin Apple. Wannan saboda mun sami ƙarin aiki sosai da ƙarancin amfani da makamashi, wanda ya hura sabuwar rayuwa cikin Macs kuma ya haɓaka shahararsu. Tun da sabon kwakwalwan kwamfuta ne yafi muhimmanci mafi tattali idan aka kwatanta da na'urori masu sarrafawa daga Intel, ba su ma sha wahala daga shahararrun matsaloli tare da zafi fiye da kima da kuma kusan ko da yaushe ci gaba da "sanyi shugaban".
Bayan canzawa zuwa sabon Mac tare da guntu Apple Silicon, yawancin masu amfani da Apple sun yi mamakin ganin cewa waɗannan samfuran ba sa yin zafi a hankali. Tabbatacciyar shaida ita ce, misali, MacBook Air. Yana da matukar tattalin arziki wanda zai iya yin gaba daya ba tare da sanyaya mai aiki a cikin nau'in fan ba, wanda kawai ba zai yiwu ba a baya. Duk da wannan, Air na iya sauƙin jure wa, misali, wasan kwaikwayo. Bayan haka, mun ba da haske kan wannan a cikin labarinmu game da game da MacBook Air, lokacin da muka gwada lakabi da yawa.
Me yasa Apple Silicon baya yin zafi
Amma bari mu matsa zuwa abu mafi mahimmanci, ko me yasa Macs tare da guntu Apple Silicon ba sa zafi sosai. Abubuwa da yawa suna taka rawa ga sabbin kwakwalwan kwamfuta, wanda daga baya kuma suna ba da gudummawa ga wannan babban fasalin. A farkon, ya dace a ambaci gine-gine daban-daban. An gina guntuwar Apple Silicon akan tsarin gine-gine na ARM, wanda aka saba amfani dashi a cikin, misali, wayoyin hannu. Waɗannan samfuran suna da mahimmancin tattalin arziki kuma suna iya yin sauƙi ba tare da sanyaya aiki ba tare da rasa aiki ta kowace hanya. Hakanan amfani da tsarin masana'anta na 5nm yana taka muhimmiyar rawa. A ka'ida, ƙananan tsarin samarwa, mafi inganci da tattalin arziki guntu shine. Misali, Intel Core i5 mai guda shida mai mitar 3,0 GHz (tare da Turbo Boost har zuwa 4,1 GHz), wanda ke bugun Mac mini da ake sayar da shi a halin yanzu tare da Intel CPU, ya dogara ne akan tsarin samar da 14nm.
Koyaya, mahimmin ma'auni shine yawan kuzari. Anan, haɗin kai tsaye ya shafi - mafi girman yawan amfani da makamashi, mafi kusantar zai haifar da ƙarin zafi. Bayan haka, wannan shine ainihin dalilin da ya sa Apple ya yi fare akan rarrabuwar kawuna zuwa masu tattalin arziki da ƙarfi a cikin kwakwalwan kwamfuta. Don kwatantawa, zamu iya ɗaukar kwakwalwan kwamfuta na Apple M1. Yana ba da nau'i-nau'i masu ƙarfi na 4 tare da matsakaicin amfani na 13,8 W da 4 na tattalin arziki tare da iyakar amfani kawai 1,3 W. Wannan shine babban bambanci wanda ke taka muhimmiyar rawa. Tun da yake a lokacin aikin ofis na yau da kullun (bincike Intanet, rubuta imel, da sauransu) na'urar ba ta cinye kusan komai, a hankali ba ta da hanyar yin zafi. Akasin haka, ƙarni na MacBook Air na baya zai sami amfani da 10 W a cikin irin wannan yanayin (a mafi ƙarancin kaya).
Ingantawa
Kodayake samfuran Apple bazai yi kyau a kan takarda ba, har yanzu suna ba da kyakkyawan aiki kuma suna yin ƙari ko žasa ba tare da wata matsala ba. Amma mabuɗin wannan ba kayan masarufi bane kawai, amma ingantaccen haɓakarsa tare da software. Wannan shi ne ainihin abin da Apple ya kwashe shekaru da yawa yana ginawa a kan iPhones, kuma a yanzu yana tura irin wannan fa'ida ga duniyar kwamfutocin Apple, wanda, tare da na'urorin kwakwalwan kwamfuta, suna kan wani sabon salo. Inganta tsarin aiki tare da hardware kanta don haka yana ba da 'ya'ya. Godiya ga wannan, aikace-aikacen kansu sun ɗan fi sauƙi kuma ba sa buƙatar irin wannan ƙarfin, wanda a zahiri yana rage tasirin su akan amfani da haɓakar zafi na gaba.
Yana da ban dariya da gaske don kwatanta "ƙarni" i5 akan 14nm tare da SoCs na yanzu akan 5/4nm. Gine-ginen "apple silicon" kadai tabbas ba zai sami aikin da yawa ba (ko da i5 na yanzu). Apple fare a kan na musamman accelerators (coprocessors). Haɓaka da aka ambata na OS akan SoC ɗin su don haka yana kawo aikin "numfashi". Amma - idan kun yi amfani da aikace-aikacen da "apple silicon" ba shi da coprocessor, aikin zai ragu kuma zai kasance da ƙyar a matakin i3 mafi hankali. A gefe guda, i5 da aka ambata a baya yana yin "daidai mara kyau" a cikin kowane nau'in ayyuka (ba ƙidayar halayen sa ba). Tabbas, ba ina cewa "apple silicon" SoCs ba su da kyau, ina bayyana bambancin ne kawai. x86 kawai yana jan dacewa tun 1976 (!), Don haka software daga wancan lokacin yana iya aiki akan x86 CPUs/SoCs na yau. Wanne shine ɗayan matsalolin "hankali" na x86 idan aka kwatanta da "apple-ingantaccen" gine-gine aarch64…
To, Intel na da alhakin hakan, saboda yana ci gaba da fitar da sabbin na'urori masu sarrafawa tare da na'urori masu sarrafawa na 14nm. Lokacin da kuka kwatanta wasan kwaikwayon na sabbin na'urori masu sarrafawa, ba za ku iya ganin gagarumin canjin shekara-shekara ba! Intel ya ɗan huta a kan mu kuma yanzu suna biyan shi.
* tare da tsarin masana'anta 14nm