michelb76

JWSC said:

DAalseth said:

Kuo writes. "We believe that Apple will leverage current automakers' resources and focus on self-driving hardware and software, semiconductors, battery-related technologies, form factor and internal space designs, innovative user experience, and the integration with Apple's existing ecosystem."

This makes the most sense. I never understood the idea that Apple would go it alone. It would be silly for Apple to reinvent the wheel, (and the suspension, and the door locks, and the wiper blades, and the...). This would let Apple do what Apple does best, and let a car company do the mundane stuff that they do best.

Oh no.  Just no.  Using the E-GMP platform screams “ROKR” loudly.  I was hoping that Apple would revisit the whole concept of the automobile.  But this is too incremental, just too like everyone else is doing.

And then there’s Tesla to contend with, which has superior batteries and motors and many millions of miles of autonomous driving data to work with.  Even then, is autonomous driving what everyone really wants?  Is that going to sell cars?  Or is it the thrill of putting the pedal to the metal?

Han Solo - “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

Not for Apple to do that. Most people are not ready for a new concept of what a car is. It's too early. A lost of younger people don't give a shit about cars but just want mobility. Car ownership will keep going down. At some point you will just have extensive rental fleets of basic cars optimised for use-cases, like holidays, moving, simple transportation to friends/family. You can see this happening in Europe already. It's probably different in the USA where long-range public transport is non-existent.

And none of it matters, people will keep buying Apple and people will keep buying Samsung.

And it's only 2.84GB for a fix to a few small files...my god..

I'm not an Android user, but companies discontinuing products after acquisitions is always a dick move.

ITGUYINSD said:

So how do discrete GPU's work with Apple Silicon?  Do current AMD GPU's work with it?  

And, what about the Mac Pro?  There isn't Apple Silicon that can match the performance of a souped-up Mac Pro...

I don't think Apple will support third-party GPU's anymore. I mean, they haven't really up until now, running behind a few years. I bet the platform will be even more closed, and it's just the Apple SoC with CPU + integrated GPU. Perhaps they will support external GPU's for pro's.

Mac Pro -> wondering about that too. They haven't SHOWN anything, but I'm sure they have something. But I don't think they will release that within a few years from now as to not piss off Intel too much and get people to buy the iMac 'Pro'. The fastest supercomputer in the world runs on ARM so you'd think a Mac Pro would be possible. But probably at the same overpriced price point.