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  • Intel Skylake chip issues reportedly tipping point in Apple's silicon switch

    wizard69wizard69
    Apple had a choice here to go to AMD for what are arguably the best x86 processors on the market right now.   they didn't because they can't secure their future by doing so.    I've said again and again it isn't about ARM, it is about Apple IP on the SoC.   It will be most interesting what these new SoC will look like internally.  I'm expecting vastly improved NeuralEngine, fresh Video encode and decode blocks and so forth.   That graphic Apple displayed highlights the concept that the cores are only part of the equation.   They basically highlight every major compute subsystem or functional unit on the chip.
    tmaywatto_cobra

  • Apple's Neural Engine tapped in new djay Pro to reinvent live mixing

    wizard69wizard69
    This is why I believe Apple will move to ARM on the Mac.    Neural Engine and other technologies embedded on chip Are what will push performance forward in the future.   The ARM cores are not that important!!!!
    watto_cobra

  • Apple will prove it has silicon legs beyond ARM at WWDC 2020

    wizard69wizard69
    An DED also ticks I can actually agree with and even support.  He hit upon the most important thing here, this move isn’t about ARM.    ARM just gives them complete access to the silicon, it is this silicon playground Apple is interested in.   

    Effectively silicon is like the printed circuit boards of the 1980’s and later where engineers stitched bits of logic together to implement their IP.   Apple needs access to that silicon to better implement things like Neural Engine and custom video processor on chip.  It will be most interesting to see how Apple markets these chips , I don’t see ARM being the focus.  
    patchythepiratejony0muthuk_vanalingamradarthekatwatto_cobra

  • European Commission launches antitrust probes over Apple's App Store and Apple Pay

    wizard69wizard69
    The sad thing about this is that it doesn't matter  if Apple is technically guilty or not.   This is more about people in the European Union attacking American companies due to the in ability of EU companies to compete.    It is rather pathetic and frankly the type of stuff that can lead to WW3


    jdb8167

  • Apple adds Radeon 5600M 16-inch MacBook Pro & Mac Pro SSD upgrade kits [u]

    wizard69wizard69
    KITA said:
    johncalvinyoung said:
    KITA said:
    Radeon Pro 5600M - 5.3 TFLOPS
    Radeon Pro 5500M - 4.6 TFLOPS
    Radeon Pro 5300M - 4.1 TFLOPS

    (All numbers are FP32)
    AMD's page for the Radeon Pro SKUs for Apple seems to indicate that the Radeon Pro 5300/5500 are lower performance as produced for Apple. 

    Pro 5600M: 5.3 TFLOPS
    Pro 5500M: 4.0 TFLOPS
    Pro 5300M: 3.2 TFLOPS

    https://www.amd.com/en/graphics/radeon-apple-5000m-series
    Yes, thanks for that correction. My numbers are for the RX 5500M and RX 5300M, not the Radeon Pro versions.
    I suspect part of the lower performance numbers is that Apple simply wants more reliable hardware.   Even so It isn't ht e chips that are a problem but what Apple charges for them that is an issue.
    elijahg