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> What, exactly, did M1 change For instance, the unified CPU and GPU memory, which allows to run ML models on a Mac as if you have a large dedicated GPU. (Unif
by nine_k 1y ago
> What, exactly, did M1 change
For instance, the unified CPU and GPU memory, which allows to run ML models on a Mac as if you have a large dedicated GPU. (Unified memory of course harks back to the 8-bit era; the key was to make it performant.)
- kllrnohj 1y ago> For instance, the unified CPU and GPU memory Was already common and widespread with iGPUs in CPUs on x86, and was standard on all ARM mobile SoCs for a solid decade. AMD in particular had already done a bunch here with their APUs including OpenCL support in 2012 and fully coherent shared address spaces with 2014's Kaveri
- pjmlp 1y agoPretty common in PC integrated GPUs, game consoles.