or A10 Fusion, pushing maximum performance on bigger cores meant leaving a gap on the low end. Pairing the high-performance cores with high-efficiency cores, and creating a performance controller to intelligently manage the switching all-but-invisibly, eliminated that gap. That controller gave Apple not only the best of both processing worlds, but a significant advantage over chipsets lacking those smarts.
For the graphics cores, Apple uses a different, “wide and slow” approach. They can handle loads as efficiently as possible but that also gives them the headroom to handle spikes when they need to. Having 8 lanes on a highway helps all the traffic flow better, even the Ferrari when it needs to hit full throttle.
Possibly not written about on this blog before but Apple’s Silicon game is on fire. Every other handset is stuck using SnapDragon chips and what you get is every phone on the market basically being the same speed then there’s Apple beating it every year.
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