Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by MangoToupe on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @09:02AM (#45039080)

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

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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by tlamponi on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:00AM (#45040650)

There was a time when people said that about AMD.

Don't get me wrong, Intel's outlook is IMO currently indeed rather bleak, but I would not completely write it off just yet.

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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by CharlesW on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:08AM (#45040776)

> There was a time when people said that about AMD.

And Apple, to complete the circle.

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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by MangoToupe on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @07:48PM (#45046690)

AMD is equally fucked. Building off of IP-locked architectures is just a graveyard. Even apple will hit a wall one day.

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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end by Incipient on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @11:55PM (#45048213)

There are a myriad of companies that have thrived in "IP locked" environments, a host that have failed too. Equally there are heaps that have thrived and failed in "IP open" environments.

I think at best you could say it's more challenging or perhaps risky being a bit restricted with IP, but I'd call it miles away from a "graveyard".

You can hardly call Intel/amd/qualcomm etc all struggling due to the architectures being locked down.

Look at powerpc/Isa. It's (entirely?) open and hasn't really done any better than x86.

Fundamentally you're going to be tied to backwards compatibility to some extent. You're limited to evolution, not revolution. And I don't think x86 had failed to evolve? (eg avx10 is very new)

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