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  • AMD CEO says Apple's M1 chip is opportunity to innovate, underscores ongoing graphics part...

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    While Alder Lake is similar in concept to M1, I don’t think it’s fair to suggest that Intel Alder Lake design is a knee jerk reaction to (or plagiarism of M1). Silicon design takes years, from conceptual design to manufacturing to baking in support in the operating system. 

    Alder Lake is an iteration on the Hybrid Lakefield design that was released before M1 even made it to market that had one big sunny cove core and smaller atom cores. One could argue that Lakefield was just a test run to get working silicon out there. To enable Intel to work with Microsoft (and possibly Linux) to begin work on updating the OS kernel scheduler for efficiently scheduling processes and threads on a hybrid x86 cpu. Alder Lake was conceptualized long before it enters high volume manufacturing in 2021. 

    Of course with Apple, M1 is indeed amazing, and the competitive advantage Apple has over intel is it’s vertical integration allows it to design and co-optimize the kernel of the OS in conjunction with the silicon design. Also, TSMC is crushing it right now in terms of manufacturing on a leading edge node...whereas intel is finally starting to ramp 10 nm. AMD doesn’t seem to think hybrid x86 is all that relevant or necessary right now. So we will have to see how Alder Lake performs. It seems impressive, it will have IPC improvements above tiger lake, which in itself isn’t too shabby. Very interesting times ahead for the PC/Mac space. 

    Also, good to know that AMD is still working with Apple. Now all they need to do is release the drivers for Big Navi in Big Sur... 
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  • Epic Games expert says iOS could be like macOS without security drawbacks

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    He’s right. macOS is much more open in terms of how users can install apps, and yet the Mac isn’t crawling with malware, unlike windows. Also, if iOS is opened to allow third party app stores, nothing would require users to download apps from those other stores if they didn’t want to. I’ve had an iPhone since 2007, but I recently started toying with android, and I’ve never used any other App Store besides the google play store even though others exist. 

    I think Apple is exerting too much control. For example, why is it that Netflix or any other app can’t tell me where and how to sign up for a subscription (if those apps don’t use IAP)? 

    When the iPhone ecosystem was small, Apple’s level of control wasn’t really on anyone’s radar, but as the iOS ecosystem has ballooned to billions of users and billions of dollars of trade, I can see why governments and courts around the planet are interested in how the ecosystem operates. 

    Others might disagree, but my view is Apple is in some ways restricting trade by disallowing the existence of other app stores. And the restriction of trade is why I believe it’s just a matter a time before the hammer drops, whether in the USA, or Europe or elsewhere. 
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  • Intel under fire: What Wall Street thinks about Apple's new MacBook Pro

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    Not sure how the summaries listed correlate to the opinion that Intel is “under fire.”  

    Also, Intel is ramping Alder Lake-S which probably will exceed M1 Max performance (albeit while consuming much more power). Also alder lake will have up to 8 golden cove performance cores and 8 gracemont efficiency cores. Raptor Lake is rumored to launch in 2022 and double the efficiency cores to 16, for a total of 8 + 16 = 24 cores and 32 threads.   Intel is still selling a metric ton of processors to the ecosystem. 80 percent market share. Microsoft just announced that it updated the windows 11 kernel thread scheduler to schedule threads in a manner that takes advantage of the hybrid design. Intel might be coming back. 

    Intel and AMD will be in trouble if and when ecosystem partners like Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Razer, Microsoft etc. introduce non-x86 designs. 

    I don’t see x86 being in trouble until two things happen. 
    First, An ARM vendor emerges that sells an ARM processor to the mass market with performance characteristics on par with Apple silicon or the upcoming x86 designs (or the ecosystem partners develop their own in house designs).  Qualcomm can’t compete with Alder Lake or Zen 4. And as good as Apple silicon is, it can’t run windows natively… and not only that, Dell, Lenovo, Asus can’t put an Apple silicon processor inside of their laptops because Apple doesn’t sell to other people. So for the billions of users out there who don’t use macOS, Apple silicon is not relevant to them.  Now if Apple got into the processor supplier game (it won’t) then that would spell serious trouble for AMD and Intel. 

    Second, windows on arm needs to be licensed for broader non-OEM use, and it also has to seamlessly run the applications that people want to use like games, office suite software, content creation software, and so on. 

    Until those two things happen, Intel and AMD will be fine. But Apple’s innovations could spur other laptop manufacturers to follow suit and ultimately press Microsoft for a windows on arm solution. Intel and AMD need to tread carefully, and continue to ramp x86 core design production on smaller nodes. ASAP. 
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  • iPadOS 15 confirms Apple's M1-equipped iPad Pro is a V8 engine powering a Ford Pinto

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    AppleZulu said:
    So Apple releases expensive hardware with obvious capacity for future expansion of operating system capabilities, and the complaint is that the OS doesn’t max out the hardware out of the gate. Got it.

    Of course, if iPadOS already took full advantage of the capabilities of the M1 model, there would be much louder complaints about how last year’s pre-M1 hardware has been rendered obsolete so quickly by OS features the pre-M1 devices can’t handle. 
    The M1 iPad Pro was released with iPadOS 14.5.  Version 15 is now in beta and doesn’t fundamentally change the multitasking experience.  What reason is there now to expect that Apple will ever make significant changes to the UI in the future, if they chose not to do so in iPadOS15?  

    As to your second point, the A12 chips in the prior iPads were used in the developer transition kit to run an ARM build of macOS (with its much deeper multi-tasking and windowing support), and the chip ran macOS just fine.  Clearly they have enough horsepower.  So I highly doubt that if Apple added the changes requested here in this article that the 2018 and 2020 iPad Pros would be rendered obsolete.  

    Until Apple makes fundamental changes to iPadOS, the M1 chip is a waste of hardware honestly.  The A12z in the 2020 version is just fine.  The only real difference with M1 is the addition of thunderbolt so you can connect to peripherals like 10gbps lan cards, high speed storage, etc. But other than that, there’s nothing about the iPadOS experience that is significantly different on M1 vs the A12x/A12z.  Multi monitor support is still limited to 4x3 and does not scale to the 16x9 or 16x10 aspect ratio of monitors.  iPadOS has some fundamental limitations, even though the hardware itself has been proven to not be limited in that regard, as M1 and A12x/A12z can run the more complicated window manager of macOS.   And we have to tell the truth.  
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  • Despite Thunderbolt, iPad to Mac communication is still a mess

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    Seems to be a firmware bug. However I've noticed that if I use a thunderbolt 4 dock with the m1 max as the host, connecting the iPad pro to one of the dock's downstream tb4 ports with a tb4 cable works. Direct Mac to iPad via a tb4 cable doesn't work, but a tb4 dock in the middle works. 

    Curiously, the iPad pro doesn't connect in thunderbolt mode, it connects via USB at 10 gbps.  So for some unknown reason whenever the iPad interfaces with the Mac via a tb3 or tb4 cable, a thunderbolt connection is not established, even though both ends have a thunderbolt controller. Apple needs to adress this. 

    Sidecar via WiFi works okay sometimes but sometimes it stutters or freezes. Usually restarting the connection works but sometimes I need to restart the iPad. Sidecar via USB works flawlessly. The only issue is YouTube tv displaying a black image in safari if sidecar is connected. But if I use opera or chrome(with hardware acceleration disabled) YouTube tv works well with sidecar connected. 
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  • Johny Srouji says the Apple Silicon strategy challenged Apple

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    lkrupp said:
    Out of all the desktop/laptop OEMs out there Apple was the only one with the balls to strike out on its own. As the article points, with tremendous risk and challenges. The rest remain locked down to whatever Intel or AMD does or does not have to offer. But since the debut of the M1 suddenly other OEMs are investigating producing their own SOCs.

    One thing is certain for those of us who keep riding the Apple log flume, it’s a thrilling ride and you never know what’s around the corner, just like an Indiana Jones movie.
    Apple is unique in that its the only laptop vendor that has its own operating system. And that is the singular reason why Apple could ditch x86 and continue to be relevant. I’m sure Asus, HP and others would probably want to use another chip architecture besides x86 to diversify their portfolios.  But there’s not a merchant ARM vendor out there with high performance CPUs in terms of rivaling AMD and Intel for the client market. 

    The quintessential question is if they adopted ARM or another chip architecture, what OS would they run? What productivity apps would they run? What gaming apps would they run?

    A large part of the reason why Intel and AMD continue to remain dominant is because of Microsoft’s dominance, especially in enterprise. Even when NVidia and Qualcomm unleash ARM chips into the ecosystem, those chips will have to run windows (on arm) to be of any relevance. If they don’t run windows and key windows apps well, no one will want to buy them. 

    So Apple definitely has to be respected for its engineering prowess in designing and brining Apple silicon to market. But apple is unique in that it controls an OS and has the power to enable apple silicon to run the apps that people need. So it’s more than just balls to move on, it’s also controlling the software stack as well, something the competition cannot do very easily. 
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  • Linus Torvalds uses M2 MacBook Air to release Linux 5.19

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    / larryjw said:
    tobian said:
    Why not? Experiencing absolute kickass performance, running on a single solar panel on your roof ;)
    From what I’ve gathered, Apple Silicon has a lot of non-public documented features, if you will, which makes porting OS to it difficult. 
    Yes that is  true and not all features of the MacBook are working in Linux. They still have to implement proper GPU support, as well as bring up the thunderbolt bus. Undocumented features. Apple doesn’t make it easy on Linux developers but the asahi team is doing amazing things.
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  • Apple patched an iOS lock screen bypass without crediting its discovery

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    I mean these kinds of bugs are embarrassing. Not surprising that Apple or any other company doesn’t want to draw attention to them.

    Also, if this one wasn’t reported thorough the proper channels, why would anyone expect to be given credit anyways? 
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  • Facebook freezes hiring, blames iOS changes for reduced revenue growth

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    Facebook is so full of shh, making billions off of iOS users. Without sharing any of the revenue. We are the product. What a privacy nightmare. 
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  • Leaked plan shows Intel will try to be more efficient than M1 Max by late 2023

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    Nowhere does the leaked slide say Intel is targeting m1 max.  Alder lake already beats m1 max at many tasks. With arrow lake-p, Intel is targeting whatever chip apple will have in-market in late 2023/early 2024. 

    What’s not mentioned in the slide is arrow lake-H. Intel’s p-series are it’s low power series. Intel’s h series are it’s high end mobile chips that offer desktop class performance. 

    If an intel low power p-series chip beats apple m2 max or m3 max, then the h series will have even more performance still. At a higher wattage of course.  

    My take: Arrow lake-p seems to be designed to match a similar performance per watt as apple’s m series chips. Arrow lake-h seems to be designed to leave apple in the dust. But only time will tell. The benefactor of this competition will be us, the consumer. 
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