03-09-2022, 09:02 PM
Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
[quote=mikebw]
It sounds nice, but do we have any idea if they can double up the M1 Ultra? The M1 Max works b/c of the special interconnect they designed in before the fact. Any other means would be a lot slower and then (I think) pushes back to the older dual processor paradigm, meaning re-writing of code for individual apps in order to take advantage of it.
I'm cure they _can_ - its just a question of whether its worthwhile.
>meaning re-writing of code for individual apps in order to take advantage of it.
As far as I know, this is still necessary
My post was just joculation (jocular speculation), but the M1 chips already have many cores. Why would you need to re-write for more cores? It it's native on the M1, it should work on any M1.
That is, the code should already be written for multiple cores. Adding more cores might need optimization, but not re-coding.
This isn't the same as going from one Intel CPU, to dual CPUs.
Agree, all harmless speculation. Cores are cores, yes.
My reply was going off of what was said during the presentation yesterday about why the M1 Max was easy to make into M1 Ultra, and how that approach is better than running two together via a more traditional interconnect which, they said would be slower, hotter and would be more work for developers.
https://www.apple.com/apple-events/march-2022/ 26:00.
What we don't know is if they have another trick up the M1 sleeve and can in fact stick two Ultras together, or not. I hope the answer is yes.