Re:7nm AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU with 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Cor...
by ComputerGuru on Saturday June 22, 2019 @02:33PM
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> My understanding is that it's a standoff between NVidia and Apple largely due to NVidia's poor behaviour the last time NVidia was included in Macbook Pros around 2012.
Yes, I have one of those famed 15” rMBPs that many devs say “over my dead body” when you suggest upgrading to a newer model. Zero GPU complaints after the initial bugs were ironed out (and the bad batches replaced).
Note that AMD offered virtually no competition to nVidia in either the mobile or the workstation configurations (power or efficiency) up until at least the availability of the R9 Fury a couple of years ago.
Yes, I have one of those famed 15” rMBPs that many devs say “over my dead body” when you suggest upgrading to a newer model. Zero GPU complaints after the initial bugs were ironed out (and the bad batches replaced).
Note that AMD offered virtually no competition to nVidia in either the mobile or the workstation configurations (power or efficiency) up until at least the availability of the R9 Fury a couple of years ago.