{"id":1995,"date":"2013-12-17T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2013-12-17T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T01:27:33","slug":"qualcomm-unprepared-for-64-bit-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/qualcomm-unprepared-for-64-bit-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm unprepared for 64-bit chips"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dan Lyons at Hubspot reporting on the reaction to Apple’s A7 processor:<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe 64-bit Apple chip hit us in the gut,\u201d says the Qualcomm employee. \u201cNot just us, but everyone, really. We were slack-jawed, and stunned, and unprepared. It\u2019s not that big a performance difference right now, since most current software won\u2019t benefit. But in Spinal Tap terms it\u2019s like, 32 more, and now everyone wants it.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I wonder what Qualcomm were busy with while Apple was doing 64-bit?<\/p>\n