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This is a little facetious. Linus Media Group have a small render farm, and don't render on any ultrabook, let alone Apples. Its not like they don't know there
by jackpeterfletch 7y ago
This is a little facetious.
Linus Media Group have a small render farm, and don't render on any ultrabook, let alone Apples. Its not like they don't know there isn't really the expectation to be able to do that a full speed.
I can completely understand why Apple have gone for the 'provide burst capacity, but keep quiet for as long as possible' route. If you looking to tilt absolutely max performance out of a piece of silicon you just don't buy in that form factor. Linus misunderstands the market, not Apple.
This has been avoided in the phone because Apple are not constrained by what Intel hand them in that space. Maybe things will change with an ARM MBP?
- jackpeterfletch 7y agoThey have to drop the obsession with with CPU temperature too. The 'gamer science' scene is obsessed with it, but cooling a processor to 40 degrees for the most part is just a waste of energy, which in a battery powered laptop, is important. The reality is that these chips will run at 95 degrees for decades.
- 0815test 7y ago> The reality is that these chips will run at 95 degrees for decades. That tends to be less and less true as semiconductor feature sizes decrease - there are thermal runaway phenomena that can absolutely threaten long-term endurance in CPUs, GPUs or other electronic components. At temperatures as high as 95C, you'll also have to worry about endurance in the packaging, due to e.g. thermal stress. This is a genuine issue and the gamers are quite right in being concerned about it - in fact, their rather extensive experience with running stuff in out-of-spec, "overclocked" conditions means that they can speak with some authoritativeness here.
- rhinoceraptor 7y ago> The reality is that these chips will run at 95 degrees for decades. Not if the keyboard breaks first :)