• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    Yes, it’s certainly more complicated than that, but the lithography is a huge part since they can cram more transistors into a smaller area, which is critical for power savings.

    I highly doubt instruction decoding is a significant factor, but I’d love to be proven wrong. If you know of a good writeup about it, I’d love to read it.

    • mihies@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      5 months ago

      Here, I’ve found an article. M CPUs are also much more integrated, like a SoC, which gives them further performance/power advantages sacrificing extensibility.