There’s been some puzzlement expressed as to the raison d’être for the iPhone 5s getting a 64-bit Apple in house designed ARMv8-based A7 system-on-chip. While in theory, 64-bit CPU architecture potentially offers substantial performance advantages over 32-bit, in practical terms the boost is supposed to be predicated on 64-bit architecture being able to address greater than the 4 GB of system RAM that is 32-bit’s […]
Category: Charles Column
Charles W. Moore columns at MacPrices.net, including The ‘Book Mystique. His articles span from 2004-2018.