Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-n.html

Alyssa Anne Rosenzweig writes: ""In 2020, #Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux. Today, you can run Linux on a range of M1 and M2 Macs, with almost all hardware working: wireless, audio, and full graphics acceleration.

Our story begins […]

…Now what?

Ship a great driver? Check.

Conformant OpenGL 4.6, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 3.0? Check.

Conformant Vulkan 1.4? Check.

Proton gaming? Check.

That’s a wrap.

We’ve succeeded beyond my dreams. The challenges I chased, I have tackled. The drivers are fully upstream in Mesa. Performance isn’t too bad. With the Vulkan on Apple myth busted, conformant Vulkan is now coming to macOS via LunarG’s KosmicKrisp project building on my work.

Satisfied, I am now stepping away from the Apple ecosystem. My friends in the #Asahi#Linux orbit will carry the torch from here. As for me?

Onto the next challenge (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/introduction-to-the-xe-hpg-architecture.html)!""

Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-n.html

Alyssa Anne Rosenzweig writes: ""In 2020, #Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux. Today, you can run Linux on a range of M1 and M2 Macs, with almost all hardware working: wireless, audio, and full graphics acceleration.

Our story begins […]

…Now what?

Ship a great driver? Check.

Conformant OpenGL 4.6, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 3.0? Check.

Conformant Vulkan 1.4? Check.

Proton gaming? Check.

That’s a wrap.

We’ve succeeded beyond my dreams. The challenges I chased, I have tackled. The drivers are fully upstream in Mesa. Performance isn’t too bad. With the Vulkan on Apple myth busted, conformant Vulkan is now coming to macOS via LunarG’s KosmicKrisp project building on my work.

Satisfied, I am now stepping away from the Apple ecosystem. My friends in the #Asahi#Linux orbit will carry the torch from here. As for me?

Onto the next challenge (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/introduction-to-the-xe-hpg-architecture.html)!""

Yeah… whatever
#Applehttps://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/115095926389980253

Well, the reason for that is simple:

That design by #Apple is just shit. Garbage.

No sane user interface designer would dream of something as ugly and hard to use as this.

And the obscene giant rounded rects for the windows, removing so much screen estate. And for what? What wet dreams did Alan Dye have for this?

#macOS 26 is the first #Apple OS with a negative usability.

It is just utter bullshit. 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

And what is more, Apple had already tried the idiotic "no background menu bar" a couple of years ago, and the users hated it, so they quickly got rid of it.

A company that is unable and willing to learn is doomed.
And arrogant.

Well, the reason for that is simple:

That design by #Apple is just shit. Garbage.

No sane user interface designer would dream of something as ugly and hard to use as this.

And the obscene giant rounded rects for the windows, removing so much screen estate. And for what? What wet dreams did Alan Dye have for this?

#macOS 26 is the first #Apple OS with a negative usability.

It is just utter bullshit. 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

And what is more, Apple had already tried the idiotic "no background menu bar" a couple of years ago, and the users hated it, so they quickly got rid of it.

A company that is unable and willing to learn is doomed.
And arrogant.

When making decisions around tech my simple sniff test is to ask myself: "did the CEO of this tech company attend Donald Trump's inauguration?"

No: #Mozilla, #proton

Yes: #Google, #Amazon, #Meta, #Apple, #Tesla#X, #TikTok

I still have my first Apple - a Mac SE FDHD from 1987!

#RetroComputing #Apple#Macintosh#MacSE#Commodore#VIC20

If I recall my last business ethics and compliance training at #Apple correctly there was something about corruption and not giving gifts to government officials, not even in countries where it’s „customary“ or „necessary“ to do so to do business…

https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning

If I recall my last business ethics and compliance training at #Apple correctly there was something about corruption and not giving gifts to government officials, not even in countries where it’s „customary“ or „necessary“ to do so to do business…

https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning

If I recall my last business ethics and compliance training at #Apple correctly there was something about corruption and not giving gifts to government officials, not even in countries where it’s „customary“ or „necessary“ to do so to do business…

https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning

Nobody wants this...

"Apple announced in February that it would invest $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years and hire 20,000 U.S.-based workers. Apple said then that it would build a new 250,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Houston, set to open in 2026, that will make servers to power Apple's AI services."

Another empty gesture by #Apple

Good heavens, this #macOS 26 "Tahoe" beta is such utter crap, nothing really works.

What a sad year for #Apple.

Instead of creating a nice user interface, turing off the obscene "transparency" generates even more migraine inducing animation #garbage.

Such a sick joke.

macOS 26 should come with a health warning.

Hey Apple, postpone macOS 26 to at least 2028, an start fixing the #bugs.
Even better: Delete all that "smear" crap and start with a clear new interface and hire a couple of designers who know what the word usability actually means.

When making decisions around tech my simple sniff test is to ask myself: "did the CEO of this tech company attend Donald Trump's inauguration?"

No: #Mozilla, #proton

Yes: #Google, #Amazon, #Meta, #Apple, #Tesla#X, #TikTok

Dear Apple users,

No, your Apple iPhone is not more private, and YOU can prove it to yourself.

Sign up for either AdGuard DNS or Control D DNS, and enable logging. Be sure to use that DNS profile.

A fresh stock copy of iOS with no 3rd party apps installed will call home more than a Google Pixel or Microsoft Windows 11 Ltsc.

#Privacy#Security #Apple#iPhone #iOS