How can the two E cores in an M1 Pro or Max equal performance of the four in the original M1? Why does running two threads complete in half the time taken to run one?
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Apple has just pushed its regular fortnightly update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or […]
Threads, GCD and core allocation in Apple silicon explained. How thread priority is baked into code, and how important it is to performance.
P cores are conventional in that they can deliver excellent performance at maximum frequency, but with high power use. E cores may take 4 times as long for a task, but use less than a third of the energy.
A popular insurance when upgrading to a new version of macOS: how to keep your Mac running both Monterey and Ventura. Covers all models including M-series.
An accessible account of how Apple silicon chips use cores of two different types to do their work, and how to get the best from them as a user. The start…
Over its year as the current version of macOS, how big were Monterey’s updates? Did they improve over those of Big Big Sur, and make updating any easier?
Apple has just pushed its regular fortnightly update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or […]
In Monterey, the size of macOS updates has been steadily shrinking. Ventura brings RSRs, which should be small patches to fix security bugs without fuss. Here are the details.
How important is Touch ID and other biometric authentication to Passkeys, and wouldn’t it be better to run both passwords and Passkeys side-by-side?
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