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by snvzz 1661 days ago
You're right, and remarkably Apple has found a major roadblock to clock speeds while using ARMv8.

M1's L1 cache is huge, as a workaround to ARMv8's poor code density. Larger cache means lower clocks, unfortunately there's no way around speed of light.

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>You're right, and remarkably Apple has found a major roadblock to clock speeds while using ARMv8.

What? Where is this claim coming from?