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Interestingly, Apple is moving back towards the old console model. You now have a bespoke CPU/GPU platform from Apple running their own OS. I'd say we're alread
by VortexDream 5y ago
Interestingly, Apple is moving back towards the old console model. You now have a bespoke CPU/GPU platform from Apple running their own OS. I'd say we're already seeing the performance benefits of owning/designing/developing the whole stack.
- pjmlp 5y agoOld 8 and 16 bit home computer model, not consoles. The IBM PC was an exception and only because IBM couldn't prevent Compaq to carry on.
- Pulcinella 5y agoApple likes to have their own platform tools (Swift, Metal, etc), but I wouldn’t exactly call ARM and PowerVR[0] bespoke. [0]Yeah Apple says the GPU[1]is entirely their design at this point, but then quietly reached some kind of agreement with Imagination in the past year or so. [1]Though considering how often GPU drivers need game specific updates and how fast GPUs change and improve, each GPU is almost like it’s own little bespoke platform.