Apple Silicon
Coverage of Apple Silicon in the Nexus archive.
- macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era
macOS 27 Golden Gate will exclusively support Apple Silicon Macs, ending Intel Mac compatibility. Intel Macs running macOS 26 Tahoe will receive security and Safari updates for two years, while macOS 15 Sequoia users will get one year. Apple Silicon Macs can still run Intel apps via Rosetta 2, but future macOS versions will limit this compatibility.
- Reminder: macOS 27 won't work on Intel Macs
macOS 27 is incompatible with Intel Macs and requires Apple silicon hardware to function. Users must upgrade to Apple's silicon-based systems to access the latest operating system.
- NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip could give Windows its true Apple Silicon moment
NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip features Arm CPU cores, a powerful GPU, and unified RAM, drawing comparisons to Apple Silicon. The chip aims to bring similar performance and efficiency to Windows devices as Apple Silicon does for Macs and iPads.
- Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter
Apple Silicon is compared to OpenRouter in terms of cost, with Apple's product being more expensive. The article discusses this price difference and its implications. The comparison was shared on Twitter by Rohan Sood.
- Apple reportedly testing Intel's 18A-P process to make iPhone and Mac chips
Apple is reportedly testing Intel's 18A-P process to manufacture chips for iPhones and Macs, with an initial focus on older Apple Silicon systems. This collaboration may enhance Apple's chip production capabilities. The testing process could lead to improved performance in future devices.
- Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.0
Asahi Linux releases Progress Linux 7.0, focusing on enhanced hardware compatibility and performance improvements for Apple Silicon-based Macs. The update includes optimizations for ARM architecture and expanded driver support.
- The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era
The Mac faced criticism during Tim Cook's leadership for issues like the butterfly keyboard, USB-C transition, and underwhelming Intel performance. However, the shift to Apple Silicon in 2020 revitalized the line with powerful chips and a focus on usability, marking a new golden era for the Mac.
- Apple will have a product guy as CEO again
John Ternus, Apple's current SVP of hardware engineering, is set to become the company's next CEO, shifting the leadership focus from logistics to product development. Ternus has been prominent in announcing key products like the iPhone Air and Apple Silicon Macs, which significantly impacted Apple's hardware lineup.
- Show HN: TRELLIS.2 image-to-3D running on Mac Silicon – no Nvidia GPU needed
A developer ported Microsoft's TRELLIS.2 image-to-3D model to run on Apple Silicon using PyTorch MPS, replacing CUDA-specific operations with pure-PyTorch alternatives. The port generates 400K-vertex meshes from single photos in ~3.5 minutes on an M4 Pro (24GB), though slower than H100 GPUs, and eliminates cloud dependency.
- Apple Silicon and Virtual Machines: Beating the 2 VM Limit
The article discusses methods to exceed the traditional two virtual machine limit on Apple Silicon devices. It explores technical approaches to enable more virtual machines, focusing on macOS and Apple's hardware architecture.