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Huh, M1 ultra is ~2x M1 Max, so: 16 + 4 cores and 128GB RAM And it seems that Apple aren't currently planning on making a bigger chip for now. While that's ve

Huh, M1 ultra is ~2x M1 Max, so: 16 + 4 cores and 128GB RAM And it seems that Apple aren't currently planning on making a bigger chip for now. While that's very fast, I have to say I'm kinda surprised they haven't gone for a bigger and/or modular option. I guess it is pretty Apple to go all-in on a single monolithic design paradigm. EDIT: Oh damn "Just one more product to go: the Mac Pro". I take back what I said. They are still doing a Mac Pro!

colinmhayes 5y ago
Apple probably has 0 interest in entering the server market. Anyone who wants a bigger CPU than the M1 ultra would probably be better served using a cloud. My company gives everyone a $2k macbook, but guess what, all our development still happens on our cloud, because laptops will never be able to compile as quickly as build farms.
- nicoburns 5y ago
  Yeah, looks like they're targeting the creative market. Which makes a lot of sense. The one I was wondering about was ML workloads. Looks like that's not their primary target, but I had also missed that 128GB video RAM is a pretty big deal that you can't get elsewhere.
  - thomasahle 5y ago
    I'm not sure how to compare the 128GB "unified" RAM with the 80GB dedicated video RAM on a A100. I suppose it might even be an advantage to unify RAM, so you don't have to copy back and forth between the CPU and GPU?
    - nicoburns 5y ago
      That and I think you can genuinely use all 128GB so long as you're not trying to run something else on the CPU at the same time. So a bit bigger than 80GB.
- yardie 5y ago
  It doesn't seem like anyone wants to truly be in the server market. With so much going on in the cloud there really is a shrinking audience who need Mac specific server hardware on-prem or colo'd
- alwillis 5y ago
  Apple probably has 0 interest in entering the server market. Doesn't matter if Apple has interest in the server market; the server market has interest in Mac Studios. I can see a rack of these in someone's datacenter. Can you imagine the render farm that could be created?
kadomony 5y ago
M1 OMEGA GIGA is in the works.
- fastball 5y ago
  M1 Plaid

colinmhayes 5y ago

Apple probably has 0 interest in entering the server market. Anyone who wants a bigger CPU than the M1 ultra would probably be better served using a cloud. My company gives everyone a $2k macbook, but guess what, all our development still happens on our cloud, because laptops will never be able to compile as quickly as build farms.

nicoburns 5y ago
Yeah, looks like they're targeting the creative market. Which makes a lot of sense. The one I was wondering about was ML workloads. Looks like that's not their primary target, but I had also missed that 128GB video RAM is a pretty big deal that you can't get elsewhere.
- thomasahle 5y ago
  I'm not sure how to compare the 128GB "unified" RAM with the 80GB dedicated video RAM on a A100. I suppose it might even be an advantage to unify RAM, so you don't have to copy back and forth between the CPU and GPU?
  - nicoburns 5y ago
    That and I think you can genuinely use all 128GB so long as you're not trying to run something else on the CPU at the same time. So a bit bigger than 80GB.
yardie 5y ago
It doesn't seem like anyone wants to truly be in the server market. With so much going on in the cloud there really is a shrinking audience who need Mac specific server hardware on-prem or colo'd
alwillis 5y ago
Apple probably has 0 interest in entering the server market. Doesn't matter if Apple has interest in the server market; the server market has interest in Mac Studios. I can see a rack of these in someone's datacenter. Can you imagine the render farm that could be created?

kadomony 5y ago

M1 OMEGA GIGA is in the works.

fastball 5y ago
M1 Plaid