> Apple also made big gains by integrating performance sensitive stuff on the package. AMD could do the same.
The only thing the M1 has integrated that a typical AMD or Intel laptop CPU doesn't have is a neural net processor. Everything else about the M1's 'integrated architecture' is typical.
Notably the M1's RAM is not integrated as is often incorrectly stated. It's just regular soldered LPDDR4X. And M1's RAM latencies are worse than Intel & AMD's socketed DDR4 latencies, so being soldered and physically close is definitely not providing a performance advantage.
The only thing the M1 has integrated that a typical AMD or Intel laptop CPU doesn't have is a neural net processor. Everything else about the M1's 'integrated architecture' is typical.
Notably the M1's RAM is not integrated as is often incorrectly stated. It's just regular soldered LPDDR4X. And M1's RAM latencies are worse than Intel & AMD's socketed DDR4 latencies, so being soldered and physically close is definitely not providing a performance advantage.