> > End user macs will ship end of this year (ie A14 based, IMHO). Two year transition
> > probably means that A15 (next year) will be the one that scales larger (beyond
> > 8+8?) cores via whatever mechanism (chiplets? separate die?)
>
> I think desktop parts really are the most challenging portion
> of the Mac line. It'll be interesting to see what they do.

Apple clearly said that Apple Silicon is in the corner of power/performance graph where it
performs like desktop but consumes as little power as laptop. So we shouldn't expect them to deliver a variant which gets high performance because of its high power consumption like a traditional desktop machine.

If they hadn't said that I would of just speculated that they would of added more memory controllers and cores and GPU "cores" and storage controllers to their laptop chips and call it a day. The high end desktops are probably just not worth the custom silicon that is way different from everything else they offer.

Now I'm not certain that they even consider the form factor. Anyway if they could deliver in tiny box or laptop or integrated to display good enough performance and ram and storage it probably doesn't matter.