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> In particular, we will be reverse engineering the Apple GPU architecture and developing an open source driver for it. Well, this is exciting. I suppose it wa
by nickelcitymario 6y ago
> In particular, we will be reverse engineering the Apple GPU architecture and developing an open source driver for it.
Well, this is exciting. I suppose it was inevitable that someone would take on this challenge, but it's exciting all the same.
- flatiron 6y agojudging by other open source reverse engineerd GPU drivers its a massive undertaking. i also looked at a shot of the chip and see lots of neural networking functionality, i wonder what sort of special drivers stuff like that needs. i just feel like the hardware is so specialized without apples help it would take a lot for it to be a killer linux laptop.
- duskwuff 6y agoReverse engineering of the Neural Engine is already under way: https://github.com/geohot/tinygrad/tree/master/ane https://github.com/geohot/tinygrad/tree/master/ane
- skavi 6y agowow, and by George Hotz of PS3/comma.ai fame too.
- saagarjha 6y agoYou can't just not use that functionality. But getting the GPU to work is essentially required.