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M4 Mac mini may have a USB-C connectivity problem
Multiple hubs, SSD drives, multiple cables from different manufacturers all hooked up into a menagerie of additional wires and cables and peripherals what could go wrong? Apple M2 Ultra Studio owner, no hub/external SSD drive user. Hopefully there is a software upgrade fix. I doubt it. Speaking of which Bluetooth has is always flaky….. -
India proposes nearly $3 billion in subsidies for electronics makers like Apple
Companies are clearing houses that 1 billion, 3 billion or four billion dollars will be paid for by local Indians all Apple will do is start a ledger a line item in their books labeled the Indian subcontinent, in fact that ledger is already in existence, companies are clearing houses. The Hudson Bay Trading Company never ever in their history paid any taxes or fees a ledger and a line item was their middle name.
That is why Tim Cook has a smile on his face when he meets with the Orange one, Modi, Xi, or Margarethe…..A ledger and a line item the human creation known as company might be the slipperiest Eel ever created by man. And what’s ironic is the first company was probably created in ancient China or in ancient Pakistan. -
M5 Pro may separate out GPU and CPU for new server-grade performance
If this new chip can be used in all the current devices that Apple makes laptops, Mac Studios without delay no problem, if it can’t or if there is a delay for example, the Mac Studio M4 Ultra isn’t coming in 2025 that is a problem. I am glad however the writing is on the wall, Apple needs to roll up it sleeves and make a in house server using Apple Silicon which has too many good characteristics to leave on the sideline.
Oh, and separating the memory from CPU/GPU appears to be a step backwards to UMA, whatever AMD is pursuing right now it isn’t better than Apple Silicon when it comes to wattage used efficiency and performance, yes they (AMD) are closer than Intel but Nvidia is just completely out of the ballpark when it comes to energy wasted, yes it’s faster for certain tasks now but 1000-1500 watts liquid cooled systems are an eventual dead end which Apple used at one time when they were at the heights of their G5 hell.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-nvidia-rtx-4090s-are-melting/ butterfly keyboards, antenna gate, bend gate, power button location, or upside down mice are nothing to this….. I don’t think Apple will go away from power efficiency.But the biggest bonus might be the software Apple will need to write to support networking multiple Mac servers together some of that software has got to filter down to many very smart end users (developers). -
Apple-Nvidia collaboration triples speed of AI model production
If you examine the comment section, the gamer/Microsoft tech enthusiasts appear to be sensing/anticipating convergence. They are extremely upset about the performance of Apple Silicon M2 Studio Ultra. They seem to recognize that in the future, the significance of wattage, energy efficiency, and performance will outweigh the current approach of burning down the barn between Intel, AMD and Nvidia. (Nvidia will be the last holdout of course).www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dhuxRF2c_w (13:05) - Wattage used by Apple is on a different path compared to the PC world.https://www.amazon.com/s?k=RTX+4090&crid=TYD1FX14MM9T&geniuslink=true&linkId=80928326bec964484ef583373e58d8ab&sprefix=rtx+40,aps,405&tag=optim0f-20&ref=as_li_ss_tl Soon, the era of a single graphics card consuming 750-1000 Watts will come to an end. -
Apple-Nvidia collaboration triples speed of AI model production
Friendly? Apple will use them for as long as they have to in the back of house, Apple is not far from convergence with many of the Nvidia graphics cards, when will that convergence take place the M4 Studio Ultra? or will it be the M5 or M6 it isn’t that far away, look at the power signature required for one of the graphics cards made by Nvidia. Apple and Nvidia ain’t on the same path the power signature wattage is so far off. It’s ridiculous.
https://www.pcguide.com/gpu/power-supply-rtx-4080/ 750 Watts system recommendation, and the back house Nvidia stuff it’s even more out there. The current M2 Ultra takes 107 watts for everything, and the M4 is even more powerful and efficient than that, let along what’s coming up with the M5 and M6.
Currently the 4080 is about 3.3 times faster than the M2 Studio Ultra (Blender), it will be interesting to see how close the M4 Studio Ultra gets next year, we know it’ll use a hell of a lot less power to achieve Its performance.
Apple Silicon is definitely powerful enough now, but for market inertia by the time of the M5 it will be indisputable.