The First 'Apple Silicon': The Aquarius Processor Project

 (thechipletter.substack.com)

3 points | by rbanffy 11 hours ago

2 comments

  • st3fan 11 hours ago
    Cray X-MP .. 128 MB RAM, 38.4 GB Disk, 4-CPU, 800 Mega FLOPS - $15 Million USD

    iPhone 16 .. 8GB RAM, 256GB+ Disk, 1 CPU, 6-Core, 2 TeraFLOPS - $699+ USD

  • manbart 9 hours ago
    An interesting case of “what could have been.” Imagine if they pulled it off and mainstreamed quad core processors in the late 80s!