Any word on whether this chip has "Memory Integrity Enforcement" capability, as included in Apple's A19/A19 Pro chips?
https://security.apple.com/blog/memory-integrity-enforcement...
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#152This is only the base model, no upgrades yet for the Pro/Max version. The memory bandwidth is 153GB/s which is not enough to run viable open source LLM models properly.
I am interested to learn why models move so much data per second. Where could I learn more that is not a ChatGPT session?
The models (weights and activations and caches) can fill all the memory you have and more, and to a first (very rough) approximation every byte needs to be accessed for each token generated. You can see how that would add up.
I highly recommend Andrej Karpathy's videos if you want to learn details.
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#153Wonder how it compares with the M4 Max that I've just bought haha
Same I just bought an M4 Max 2 weeks ago and had a bit of anxiety for a moment. I'm going to justify it because they haven't released M5 Max yet
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#155I am wondering if Apple's focus is off lately with this drive for AI. So far all they are showing in that presentation is that I can have "the ability to transform 2D photos into spatial scenes in the Photos app, or generating a Persona — operate with greater speed and efficiency." And by making Apple AI (which is something I do not use for many reasons, but mainly because of Climate Change) their focus, I am afraid…
Assuming you've read https://andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversa... or the longer full essay/related works, could you elaborate on why you don't use Apple Intelligence? I totally understand why someone would refuse to use it due to environmental reasons (amongst others) but I'm curious to hear your opinions on it.
For me: unproven trust and no killer feature.
If I can't search my Apple Mail without AI, why would I trust AI?
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#156First time seeing Apple using "AI" in their marketing material. It was "Machine Learning" and "Apple Intelligence" before...
Unfortunately, they have also succumbed to the AI hype machine. Apple, calling it by its actual name "machine learning" was about the only thing I still liked about Apple.
Wait, didn't they try to backronym their way into "Apple Intelligence" last cycle?
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Many people blame the lack of OpenGL/Vulkan... but I really don't buy it. It doesn't pass the sniff test as an objection. PlayStation doesn't support OpenGL/Vulkan (they have their own proprietary APIs, GNM, GNMX, PSSL). Nintendo supports Vulkan but performance is so bad, almost everyone uses the proprietary API (NVN / NVN2). Xbox obviously doesn't accept OpenGL/Vulkan either, requiring DirectX. Understanding of Meta…
I don't buy it either, because Apples GPTK works similar as Proton - they have a DX12-to-Metal Layer that works quite well - if it works. And their GPTK is based on wine, just as proton. It is more other annoyances like lack of steam support. There are patched version of steam circulating that run in GPTK though (offline mode) but that is where everything gets finnicky and brittle. It is mostly community efforts, and…
Apple collects no money from Steam sales, so they don't see a reason to support it.
You don't buy Apple to use your computer they way you want to use it. You buy it to use it the way they tell you to. E.g. "you're holding it wrong" fiasco.
In some ways this is good for general consumers (and even developers, with limited config comes less unpredictablilty)... However this generally is bad for power users or "niche" users like Mac gamers.
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I've been using an iPhone 11 for 4 years now (also, reminder: the 11 was launched 2 years prior to when I bought mine). I replaced the battery earlier this year as it wouldn't last to the end of the day any more but besides that it's showing no slowdowns or any other issues.
Do you have iOS 26 on it? That pigdog is making my 15 Pro Max sweat and cry.
I have an iPhone 13 and haven't upgraded yet. Sounds like I should hold off.
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Except community-developed open source software, which (slowly, perhaps) keeps getting better and has high resistance to enshittification.
Remember log4j? I don't share your enthusiasm. At least its open source and free I guess.
What is your point even? That open source has bugs? The closed source does not have such bugs?
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What about wine flavor from crossdressers?
Pretty sure you don’t mean crossdressers! Codeweavers?
Little of column A, little of column B ;) This was a fun day in the office: https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jwhite/2011/1/18/all-dresse...