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by cedws 217 days ago
Apple seems to be avoiding building server hardware for some reason. It seems like a big opportunity, besides AI, the power efficiency of their chips would surely be attractive for datacentres. I think momentum is building for moving away from x86.
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They’re building servers now in Houston for their private cloud compute environments, but it’s just for them.
Given how hot my Mac is when I do anything they’d need Pacific Ocean to cool that data center :)
My Apple Sillicon macbooks are the coolest running computers I've had in decades. Something might be wrong with your cooling system.
Most Macs (both Intel and Apple Silicon) refuse to thermal-throttle until they reach the junction temp.

Both you and the parent can be correct, here; many Macs are quite cool at idle, but also throttle much slower than equivalent Intel or AMD chips under load.