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The tricky part is that, if Apple supports the OS on the old architecture as long as they did during the last transition, the Intel macs of today will only get
by mh8h 6y ago
The tricky part is that, if Apple supports the OS on the old architecture as long as they did during the last transition, the Intel macs of today will only get support for two major OS versions after Big Sur.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoWe're not even sure if they're going to phase out the old architecture or just sell them concurrently for an arbitrarily long period of time. What do they put in the next Mac Pro that can make it competitive with a 64-core Threadripper, if not a 64-core Threadripper?
- my123 6y agoApple said that the transition period was two years. For the Mac Pro that's a good question, wonder if they'll use merchant arm chips there instead of their own ones.
- _-___________-_ 6y agoWhich merchant ARM chips would come even close to a 64-core threadripper?
- coldtea 6y agoWell, there's the one used in this which should hold up well by itself too: A Japanese supercomputer has taken the top spot in the biannual Top500 supercomputer speed ranking. Fugaku, a computer in Kobe co-developed by Riken and Fujitsu, makes use of Fujitsu’s 48-core A64FX system-on-chip. It’s the first time a computer based on ARM processors has topped the list
- als0 6y agoAmpere eMAG? Marvell ThunderX2?
- coldtea 6y ago>What do they put in the next Mac Pro that can make it competitive with a 64-core Threadripper, if not a 64-core Threadripper? Their own ARM-based 64-core pro thermally optimized chip?
- raydev 6y agoDifferent market, different Apple. Presumably being wildly more popular will force them to treat this transition differently.