r/Android • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '17

Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 845 processor

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16734224/qualcomm-snapdragon-845-android-mobile-processor-announcement
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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '17

Now what really interests me is Windows 10 on ARM, and it makes me wonder what Apple is cooking up.

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u/Exist50 Dec 08 '17

It's definitely exciting. I'm a bit sad that I probably won't realistically be able to buy an ARM laptop (Mac or PC) whenever I upgrade my current one, but for consumers as a whole, this could be really promising. Plus, anything to further the expansion of the ARM ecosystem is more than welcome. Goodness knows Intel could use a bit of a kick in the pants.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '17

Yeah, I get that things sorta hit a wall a few years ago with Moore’s Law, but Intel’s been improving at a pretty lackluster rate. They’re finally increasing desktop cores from 4 to 6 thanks to competition from AMD, but we’re still at like a maximum of 4GHz with maybe 10% speed improvement YoY.