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One self-proclaimed ex-ImgTec employee claims on Ars that Apple is building a parallel compute core with less focusing on graphics, though technically graphics has become more and more "compute" in desktops nowadays. So it isn't a surprise.


[ 本帖最後由 Puff 於 2017-4-4 11:52 編輯 ]

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原帖由 qcmadness 於 2017-4-4 12:07 發表

咁行既話, Apple絕對係走錯路

less focus != bad graphics
see GCN, which is a bad example because of zero focus due to lack of R&D, not its advancements in compute features.

Apple is in a advantageous position to actually push the industry forward with badass heterogeneous computing. Unlike AMD, it controls two substantial operating systems, their software ecosystems and more importantly their development toolchains.


[ 本帖最後由 Puff 於 2017-4-4 12:47 編輯 ]

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原帖由 qcmadness 於 2017-4-4 12:47 發表

You seriously think Apple will sustain 2 OSes?

Yes, it is having four now. You can say tvOS is a glorified iOS for TV, and it is true. But there are a lot of subtle differences in UI and UX designs, and hence the APIs. The gap between macOS and iOS is huge — input method being the main difference.


[ 本帖最後由 Puff 於 2017-4-4 12:51 編輯 ]

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That's said feel free to speculate Mac being touchable and/or convertible in the future, which I doubt.

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原帖由 qcmadness 於 2017-4-4 12:59 發表

MacOS are going to die.

Let's see.

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原帖由 XT 於 2017-4-4 17:11 發表

唔需要 iOS 換走 MacOS
MacOS support 異架構同時運算已經可以
最新果部 Macbook Pro 都開始做緊

T1? That is just a peripheral connecting over USB 2.0. At best you have Metal compute (= compute shader).


[ 本帖最後由 Puff 於 2017-4-4 22:22 編輯 ]

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原帖由 qcmadness 於 2017-4-4 17:09 發表

要做到咁大ambition, 用iOS取代左MacOS (ARM on desktop) 先講啦

User experiences of "OSes" are irrelevant in the context of HC.

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Mac Pro is coming "soon". For sure macOS is dying to be replaced with iOS without even multi-window.


[ 本帖最後由 Puff 於 2017-4-4 23:00 編輯 ]