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It seems to me that if you use Apple Metal, then you are definitely (and automatically) exploiting Intel GPUs. So lots of people are actually exploiting it!
by auggierose 7y ago
It seems to me that if you use Apple Metal, then you are definitely (and automatically) exploiting Intel GPUs. So lots of people are actually exploiting it!
- hellofunk 7y agoMetal targets whatever GPU is in the system, not necessarily Intel. In most cases there’s a discrete in there by AMD or Nvidia.
- auggierose 7y agoWell, that's my point. As a Metal programmer, you don't have to distinguish (except of being aware of shared memory in integrated gpu). The talk made it sound like it is a totally different world between mobile / desktop, not to mention Intel GPUs. From a certain point of view, and for many algorithms, it isn't. Especially when the algorithm can be viewed as a functional program, as championed in the talk. In particular, most of the time there is an integrated one in there, because there are many more mobiles out there than desktops.