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But only M1 Macs? Oof. I bought a 2019 Mac Pro with a 12 core processor and 192GB of memory, but apparently... not good enough. That's harsh, under 3 years late
by FireBeyond 4y ago
But only M1 Macs? Oof. I bought a 2019 Mac Pro with a 12 core processor and 192GB of memory, but apparently... not good enough. That's harsh, under 3 years later.
- gumby 4y agoThis is what drove Apple to design their own processors. You were just unlucky enough to be on the trailing edge.
- smoldesu 4y agoIronically, Apple's memory controllers are also "not good enough" to compete with Intel's offerings from 3 years ago. It's a real Mexican-stand-off situation here.
- gumby 4y agoCan you expand on this? The ARM and x86 don’t have the same memory barriers so MP is different, but I’m not sure that’s what you’re getting at (it’s an instruction semantics issue non memory controller). I used to think that Intel had the edge in sustained multi core processing but now I’m not so sure.
- smoldesu 4y agoApple hasn't made an Apple Silicon Mac that really pushes the boundaries in terms of memory. The most kitted-out machine you can get caps out at 128GB, which is kinda chump-change once you get into the research/professional industry Apple is targeting. Judging by the language at WWDC, this is definitely a memory controller issue.
- FireBeyond 4y agoNo, I'm all for Apple designing their own processors. But you can't tell me there's anything magical about Stage Manager that can only be implemented on aarch64, not x64.