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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by ac29 »

contrarian1234 wrote: post #46

I never understood this project. Maybe I'm missing something, but the timescale is such that by the time they're done the product isn't even being sold anymore At least with Panfrost it made more sense bc it still being used M1 chip laptops can only be bought second hand at this point

> M1 chip laptops can only be bought second hand at this point

New M1 Macbook Airs are still available at Walmart (maybe elsewhere). But even if not, who cares? People are still writing code for computers that haven't been sold since the 1980s.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by ivolimmen »

ac29 wrote: post #51
contrarian1234 wrote: post #46

I never understood this project. Maybe I'm missing something, but the timescale is such that by the time they're done the product isn't even being sold anymore At least with Panfrost it made more sense bc it still being used M1 chip laptops can only be bought second hand at this point

> M1 chip laptops can only be bought second hand at this point New M1 Macbook Airs are still available at Walmart (maybe elsewhere). But even if not, who cares? People are still writing code for computers that haven't been sold since the 1980s.

Hum.. I can still buy a 100% hardware compatible NEW C64...

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by rc00 »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #21
Tiberium wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Found out from some Reddit discussions that the developers aim to first upstream everything for M1/M2 to the kernel, and as of https://asahilinux.org/2025/08/progress-report-6-16/ : > With Linux 6.16, we also hit a pretty cool milestone. In our first progress report, we mentioned that we were carrying over 1200 patches downstream. After doing a little housekeeping on our branch and upstreaming what we have so far, th…

i hope some day a used M1/M2 macbook air will be the greatest linux laptop around

I would hope not. That would mean that no other vendor has shipped working ARM hardware support for Linux or has upstream support in the kernel. Forget the hostile nature Apple has proven to possess when consumers dare treat their hardware as if paying for it makes it their own.

Qualcomm has been beating the marketing drum on this instead of delivering. Ampere has delivered excellent hardware but does not seem interested in the desktop segment. The "greatest Linux laptop around" can not be some unmaintained relic from a hostile hardware company.

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Post by bloqs »

mrheosuper wrote: post #16
dang wrote: post #15

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> I wish i had half of the energy of this guy Trolling will get you banned here, so please don't.

i swear i'm not trolling, i had no idea the author is woman.

not your fault, she is trans so sensitive subject. She generally hides references to it, but her picture is on her site linked by others.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by sangeeth96 »

Inspiring stuff! I didn't even expect basic Linux support on M1 to be so good in such a short time-span, leaving graphics aside. I was very pleased when I tried booting up Asahi on M1 a couple months back and went on to get work done in it and even enjoy some games.

Thanks for all your amazing contributions Alyssa and all the best for the road ahead!

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by kubb »

anon-3988 wrote: post #59

1. student at uoft 2. a lead in a job at Collabora 3. very succesful and ambitious hobby project how tf does she juggle and managed to do all this? I can barely do one of the above properly.

One of the few people who are actually competent.

Although most likely she’s well compensated, and doesn’t have to waste time on useless efforts at work, this level of discipline and striving towards a goal is just very rare in general.

Possibly also no family, limited social life and no other hobbies.

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