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When did Apple start making hardware exactly? It’s not their design at least so far ... afaik. That’s when this matters
by jheriko 9y ago
When did Apple start making hardware exactly? It’s not their design at least so far ... afaik. That’s when this matters
- saagarjha 9y agoApple was basically the top buyer of Imagination GPUs for years, and worked very closely with them. Last year they severed ties and made the GPUs in-house.
- djrogers 9y agoNot sure why people are simply downvoting you without answering your question. Apple shipped its first in-house GPU with the A11 Bionic in the iPhone 8/8+/X, and by all accounts it’s a marvel of engineering and quite fantastic for a first outing. And you’re right - a look at the developer docs for Metal do show that ‘this matters’ [1] https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/12/the-new-iphone-8-has-a-custom-gpu-designed-by-apple-with-its-new-a11-bionic-chip/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/12/the-new-iphone-8-has-a-cus... [2] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/about_gpu_family_4 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/about_gpu_fa...
- GeekyBear 9y agoApple built its own custom GPU core starting with the iPhone 6 — and nobody noticed https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/238246-apple-built-its-own-custom-gpu-core-starting-with-the-iphone-6-and-nobody-noticed https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/238246-apple-built-its-ow...