The bitcoin narrative is interesting for sure. If Apple introduces an M1Max-powered Mac mini, I can definitely see a huge demand of these units for use in crypto-mining. Add an ASI-optimized Linux package to run on these beasts and it will be a force to be reckoned with.
If Apple releases an M1 Max mini I will buy one regardless of its cryptocurrency mining prowess. Hopefully Apple would produce enough of them so they wouldn't all get sucked up by the miners.
The bitcoin narrative is interesting for sure. If Apple introduces an M1Max-powered Mac mini, I can definitely see a huge demand of these units for use in crypto-mining. Add an ASI-optimized Linux package to run on these beasts and it will be a force to be reckoned with.
If Apple releases an M1 Max mini I will buy one regardless of its cryptocurrency mining prowess. Hopefully Apple would produce enough of them so they wouldn't all get sucked up by the miners.
I think it's safe from miners with a ~6MH/s hash rate (M1 was around 2MH/s):
27/ The number of laptops won’t grow, but it is likely Apple will continue to take share from Windows (as will Chromebooks). At 275M units a year, laptops are big but serving this base of 400M. Phones serve everyone including them. That’s where software innovation is for masses.
I disagree with this. As laptops increase their performance and performance per what they increasingly replace the desktop, especially in the workplace. None of the engineers, including me, has a desktop. The whole company runs laptops of different performance level depending on the users needs. Of course if we where a film editing we would need destoptops, but are not, but laptops are powerful enough to run all the CAD and engineering simulations etc
So I suggest teh laptop market will continue to grow
What I would like to see is a sustained benchmark comparison.
What I mean is to run a CPU or GPU intensive test over an extended period of time to see the thermal throttling effect.
Clearly with a more power efficient SOC, the M1 family should demonstrate considerable advantage over other mobile impmentations.
My Intel Mac heats up once the GPU kicks in and I would be sure that if an RTX-3080 is exercised long enough its performance will drop much sooner than an M1 system.
So it would be very valuable to know these numbers because when we work, we don't just work for minute or so, but process files over the course of an hour
Does it need it, or should it have it? If no, then it doesn't matter (Ray Tracing is still a niche market). If yes, then how well does the SoC perform Ray Tracing compared to other implementations of hardware Ray Tracing? Having it in hardware or not, may not matter. The Neural Engine, GPU, whatever, even though not having units specifically designed for Ray Tracing, may still perform well at it.
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If Apple releases an M1 Max mini I will buy one regardless of its cryptocurrency mining prowess. Hopefully Apple would produce enough of them so they wouldn't all get sucked up by the miners.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptomining/comments/qg4v9n/m1_max_32gb_eth_hashrate/
The Nvidia 170HX can get over 160MH/s:
https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-cmp-170hx-mine-ethereum-hash-rate
That's a 250W GPU, which would be around 4x M1 Max. 4x MBPs would only get 25-40MH/s, less than 1/4 the Nvidia card.
Maybe if they come up with a more optimal Metal-based mining algorithm but I doubt they'd make a up a 4x difference.
None of the engineers, including me, has a desktop.
The whole company runs laptops of different performance level depending on the users needs.
Of course if we where a film editing we would need destoptops, but are not, but laptops are powerful enough to run all the CAD and engineering simulations etc
So I suggest teh laptop market will continue to grow