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Apple has an incredibly fast software 2D renderer (Quartz 2D), and limited GPU 2D renderer and compositor (Quartz Compositor). Doing PostScript rendering on the
by Jasper_ 6y ago
Apple has an incredibly fast software 2D renderer (Quartz 2D), and limited GPU 2D renderer and compositor (Quartz Compositor). Doing PostScript rendering on the GPU is still an active research project. And Raph is doing some of that research!
- bumbada 6y agoThat was in the past. Apple has one of the best systems for drawing 2D and it is accelerated on the GPU. It is used by Apple Maps and it made the Offline maps of it much better than Google's. But Apple is using trade secrets here, they are not publishing it so everyone could copy it.
- Pulcinella 6y agoDo you have a source for this? I would like to no more.