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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 contrarian1234 »

dezgeg wrote: post #103
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

When the next gen chip comes out you can usually reuse large amount of stuff.

"usually" being compared to what..?

Maybe it's just due to a complete lack of attention, but I think M3/4 support is extremely minimal at this point. Which is not a great sign..

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by brookst »

porphyra wrote: post #108
monocasa wrote: post #38

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Good luck to her. That's one of the pieces of Intel I think will survive its slow motion implosion.

I just hope that Intel doesn't squander the talent like they did with Jim Keller.

Intel’s core competence is squandering talent by having finance managers and outside consultants make technology business decisions. Something happened to their culture a few decades ago and they forgot that revenue is a trailing indicator of good decisions and you can’t just decide you want to make a lot of money and trust the product strategy to materialize from that.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by ddddang »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #77
kubb wrote: post #60

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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.

One of the unspoken benefits of being young, you're unlikely to have grown into a management position and can focus on not-management stuff.

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Post by jasoneckert »

This is an incredible achievement... not just for the technical depth, but for what it represents. Alyssa's work is nothing short of inspiring. The way she combined deep technical insight with years of dedication has not only brought open-source graphics to Apple Silicon, but also lit a fire under reverse engineers and open-source developers.

She has shown a whole new generation that curiosity and persistence can break barriers. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the developments these past several years. Massive respect to her and everyone who made this possible, and kudos on her new position at Intel.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by flkiwi »

Jnr wrote: post #102
Perz1val wrote: post #91

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The short answer is that it's just a stupid idea (and a waste of money). Asahi only works somewhat ok on M1.

Agreed, it is not that stable/usable. I tested it on M1 Pro and was hopeful, but after some years I realized it is not viable for daily use. Many things still don't work and I doubt that they will any time soon. Last year I was given M4 Pro at work and it is not supported at all. Looking at the drama and people stepping down, I don't think MacBooks will be properly supported on Linux in this decade.

On the other hand, I have an M2 Air and it's stable, fast, and I haven't thrown anything at it that it doesn't handle perfectly. But the fingerprint reader doesn't work.

(The M3/M4 are in progress but not supported. That's public on the project's compatibility chart.)

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by [deleted] »

Fokamul wrote: post #97

I'm curious, why are not these people hit with C&D from Apple? And other great projects, like Corellium (Actual iOS VM, not that crap Apple makes) are hit hard with lawsuits etc. (You know, great project for these people who is still RE iOS for 0days and report them to Apple, which is behind me long time ago, reporting 0days for peanuts, yeah right :) )

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Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by solardev »

zozbot234 wrote: post #110
porphyra wrote: post #109

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Honestly if Apple had embraced Linux, the Apple Silicon CPUs would have been amazing for all sorts of server, scientific, and AI/LLM work. Too bad they are clamping down on the walled garden to focus on consumer toys instead.

> Honestly if Apple had embraced Linux, the Apple Silicon CPUs would have been amazing for all sorts of server, scientific, and AI/LLM work. You can already do this work on M1/M2 using Asahi. A compute server doesn't need fully working peripherals and external displays.

How would GPGPU work in such a scenario?

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by MangoToupe »

homebrewer wrote: post #90
xiphias2 wrote: post #62

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Too bad it was not Apple who hired her for M4, but in business leaders are always the most closed ones.

Thanks Jesus it's Intel and not Apple, Intel has been extremely good at working upstream and has immense contributions in the Linux kernel, mesa, and elsewhere. Wasting such talent on Apple would make the world worse for us all.

I don't see a future for intel, frankly, but I'm very happy she found a good paying job.
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