ancientknight
Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs
on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @07:53AM (#23612675)
> 2. What happens to GPU? Having their own GPU for iMac and Mac Pro as well? Dual GPU options where Apple GPU for power efficiency? This feels like additional complexity.
Nintendo Switch uses a nvidia gpu with a very slow and outdated arm processor. Yet, this allows it to run Rocket League, Witcher 3 etc.
Apple, might go with discrete GPU from nvidia/amd to pair it with their arm processors.
Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs
on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @07:45AM (#23612618)
> CPUs mostly run idle. Even if you had a theoretical CPU using zero energy, most people are not going to get 30% battery life gains
I don't agree. Simply disabling Turbo Boost on MBP16 nets me around 10-15% more battery life. Underclocking a CPU can even result in twice to thrice the battery life on a gaming laptop under same workload.
Here's more details. https://www.extremetech.com/computing/304884-disabling-intel...