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Epic's Tim Sweeney calls Google 'crazy,' says 'Apple must be stopped'
georgie01 said:It’s the typical ploy for power. “This person/organisation is bad. Turn away from them and come to me.” When all they’re offering is their own version of what they’re criticising—too much power. Sounds exactly like the current administration in the US… -
Apple Silicon Mac Pro could combine two M1 Ultra chips for speed
tenthousandthings said:melgross said:tenthousandthings said:melgross said:tenthousandthings said:Allow me to add that I don’t quite get the argument that it has to be M2 — I gather there is a technical reason for it, but I think that’s hard to say without knowing a lot more than we do. I find the idea that Apple would design this entire M1 line but not account for the Mac Pro to be absurd.In terms of naming, I don’t think they will call it the Ultra Pro or Ultra+, they will all be Ultra, just with different core counts. Basically an Ultra is 2 or 4 Max fused together.
It isn’t hard to imagine how John would introduce the idea, “UltraFusion not only allows us to fuse two M1 Max together and create the M1 Ultra, but it also allows us to connect two M1 Ultras together …”
but they didn’t. And like it or not, that means something. What would have wrong with not saying anything? It’s not semantics. Semantics is something that’s interpretable. A definitive statement is just that.
the other thing thats] you guys are forgetting is that the cost of making these chips increases more than the added area because of increased defects and the risk of unusable chips. The greater percentage of wafer area a chip takes up, the more the cost. It’s a $1,000 upgrade to go from a 48 core Ultra to the 64 core version. And the cheapest Ultra costs more than twice what the Max version costs. So, even if they would do it, this new chip would likely cost at least three times as much. Maybe more. would that be worth it? I’m not so sure.
But reading your last paragraph here makes me think you haven’t looked at the mock-up I’ve been referring to, in conjunction with the patent about this packaging tech Apple filed in January. It’s two Ultras stacked on top of each other (back-to-back)—doing so doesn’t change anything about the wafer layout for making the Max/Ultra. That’s why, no matter how it works, it can’t be considered a new chip. Because it’s not. The Max Tech video that someone pointed to is goofy YouTube sensationalism, but the reading of the patent seems accurate. -
'M1X' MacBook Pro set to arrive in 'several weeks'
Yes it does take time to tape out the interconnects even assuming that they make ZERO changes to the core micro architecture (there are always changes). Then they need to create new masks, test the masks, and run a pre production test run. But all this is moot—production for the M1X has already been done this spring. They might have another batch coming, but what has already been produced has Firestorm and Icestorm cores. We don’t even have a name for the A15 performance/efficiency cores, let alone any indication that they have been mapped into an M-series SoC. -
Apple AR headset could cost consumers over $2,000
Japhey said:robaba said:Absolutely no usecase at 2,000$ -
Zuckerberg knocks rumored 'Apple Glass' tech, says HUDs are like 'putting an Apple Watch o...
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Spotify says Apple One bundle is a 'threat to collective freedom' [u]
ro_ro_ur_boat said:Since when did businesses becomes cry babies? -
New Facebook whistleblower claims company allows hate, illegal activity
dbvapor said:Not a real whistleblower. Real whistleblowers these days don’t get public attention or published stories. This is another attempt to control the narrative and give Facebook more censorship power. And it’s bullshit.
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/03/facebook-misinformation-nyu-study/
** https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/14/facebook-research-disinformation-politics
*** https://www.wikihow.com/Identify-a-Troll
**** https://www.logicalfallacies.org/
***** https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2015/04/09/10-tips-to-dealing-with-trolls/?sh=6d69c2cc54f4 -
Possible Mac Pro 'compute module' discovered in iOS 16.4 code
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Apple shifted orders from Foxconn to Luxshare to assist $275B China deal
foregoneconclusion said:flydog said:genovelle said:Bosa said:cpsro said:waveparticle said:Maybe Cook can help India expand its local technology industry?Not a political statement but just stating a factThe issue is that our citizens haven’t made the $3.15 an hour they make to build iPhones in China in over 25 years as it went up up $4.75 in 1996 and then $5.15 in 1997. The last move was to $7.25 in 2009. Think about that. People working jobs that pay minimum wage with poor conditions and no benefits saw their worth increase by $4.10 over 25 years. That’s about a 16 cent raise per year. Trust me inflation was a lot more that 16 cents.
* https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped -
The metaverse is 'off limits' on Apple's VR headset, claims report
Against my advice, my wife and her ex went in together to my our 20 yo daughter an Oculus. It was great for about a week and now she doesn’t tough it. A clear example of a solution to a question nobody asked. Apple used technology to find solutions to existing problems, not just for the nergasm over said tech. I will be interested to see what they decide a good usecase might be.