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I read the article, know a reasonable amount about CPUs, and have no idea what the article means by 'dual-use'. Typical clickbait fluff.
by gautamcgoel 2y ago
I read the article, know a reasonable amount about CPUs, and have no idea what the article means by 'dual-use'. Typical clickbait fluff.
- krasin 2y agoDual use as in desktops + servers.
- idontpost 2y ago[dead]
- steve1977 2y agoSo like a Xeon?
- darby_nine 2y agoWhy mention AI then?
- dagmx 2y agoProbably because Apple recently announced their Private Cloud Compute based on their own hardware that is being used to handle any Apple Intelligence features that don’t run on device.
- downrightmike 2y agoThey branded it as Apple Intelligence, they won't just say "AI" anymore
- darby_nine 2y ago:rolleyes:
- talldayo 2y agoMaybe it means they'll finally ship Apple Silicon servers that have a comparable amount of RAM to their Intel rackmount models.
- lynguist 2y agoNormally dual use means it has a possible use as a weapon. Compute power is restricted from export to enemy nations and is considered dual use. There was once a moment when a Mac had enough computing power that it was prohibited from export during a few months until the new limit was established, which was cleverly used as an ad: https://youtu.be/l2ThMmgQdpE?si=xgLsybj86ErWnGvR https://youtu.be/l2ThMmgQdpE?si=xgLsybj86ErWnGvR But in this specific case it’s utter clickbait. Dual use: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dual-use https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dual-use
- reanimus 2y agoI don't think that they're referring to this specific phrase. I had no idea that it has this specific meaning, and I would guess most consumers don't, either. If it was clickbait, it was very bad as clickbait.
- BodyCulture 2y agoDual-use means you can use it as a nice place to put e.g. beer cans on it when closed or watch cat videos when open.
- darby_nine 2y agoIt means you're paying for functionality you're unlikely to use.