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Month: May 2022

Running tasks on E cores can use a third of the energy of P cores

Using a test of compressing a 1 GB file with AppleArchive, measurements of power used by core clusters show how efficient using the E cores really is.

May 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 56: The penance paid

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Sancho devises a trick so he can complete his penance and get rich. The pair meet a character from the book, and discover they have literary doubles.

May 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 149

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 149. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A […]

May 2, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Don’t trust Activity Monitor on M1 Macs

Using CPU % or Energy values in Activity Monitor appears to show that running code on E cores is less efficient than on P cores. Don’t believe a word of it.

May 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

The Open Door 2: paintings from 1890

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Harriet Backer’s canonical masterwork, Nikolai Astrup shows his technical skill, two wonderful views by Pierre Bonnard, and from Eric Ravilious.

May 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Do M2 Macs need better storage support?

Thunderbolt 5 isn’t available yet, and in any case will probably offer no more than 6 GB/s. So what is the way ahead for Apple in its successors to its M1 series chips?

May 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

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