Apple intros A8 chip because bigger iPhones need more horsepower
Apple’s new phones are packed with more computing power without a significant cost to the battery life, thanks to upgrades of the A8 application processor and M8 motion co-processor.
What supercomputers and Schrodinger’s cat can teach the electronics industry
In the near term companies are eking more performance out of chips without using too much power by using co-processors taking a cue from the supercomputer industry. In the long term, though making faster and more efficient chips will take place at the subatomic scale.