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  • Apple transition to own ARM chips in Macs rumored to start at WWDC

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    jharner said:
    If macOS for ARM does not support the UNIX side, then the Mac in STEM will be dead. If macOS for ARM does not support a hypervisor for Docker, etc., then the Mac in STEM will be on life support. The data sciences are moving to containerization with Docker, Singularity, etc. and support of these technologies will be critical. Now, lack of support for CUDA is a big problem. In principal, Docker on ARM is supported, but it will be tricky even if Apple supports it. I would hate to think of moving to Windows Subsystem for Linux.
    macOS is a Unix like system. The Change of the cpu don‘t change this.

    Docker Desktop uses HyperKit instead of Virtual Box. Hyperkit is a lightweight macOS virtualization solution built on top of Hypervisor.framework in macOS 10.10 Yosemite and higher.

    Since it is based on a macOS framework it will likely run docker anyway. 
    Question would be if you have to use docker containers that are built for arm or if the hypervisor will be able to emulate x64.

    Anyway for the target group this wont even matter as I guess intel macs will be with us a bit longer.
    GeorgeBMac