Using powermetrics and log entries, a single image was processed on an M4 Pro, with content analysis and object recognition and look-up. How much power and energy did that use?
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We’re in the midst of a drought in the UK. We’ve all been recommended to delete old emails and photos to economise of water use. Is that wise?
Has Apple fallen behind in ML and AI? Why hasn’t it got its own Large Language Model, and how can it possibly catch up now?
How the NEON vector processor, neural engine, matrix co-processor, and GPU all deliver high performance with low power and energy use.
If Apple offered to do much of the hard work of coding your app for you for free, and to optimise it for different Mac hardware, how could you refuse?
The update to macOS Ventura 13.2 isn’t large, but brings two significant new features: Advanced Data Protection for […]
Live Text appears straightforward OCR when you open an image containing recognisable text. What’s recorded in the log says that it doesn’t work like that, though.
Trying macOS betas, support for Catalina, is the M1 dead, and what does the ANE do all day? What should come from WWDC this year.
How can you tell when software uses the Neural Engine in an M1 series Mac? How much power does it use, and what is Espresso? Mysteries unravelled.
How Apple’s Neural Engine ensures that your data remains private, rather than uploading it for processing on servers. And it spares your CPU cores from running neural computation.
The Eclectic Light Company 