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Cores shouldn’t all be the same: M1 Macs do better

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How the M1’s asymmetric cores can run background tasks more efficiently, or deliver high performance, according to Quality of Service.

May 14, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

How macOS manages tasks on cores: a draft

Trying to get a more coherent overview of the different paths to concurrent, asynchronous, and background task management in macOS. Draft for discussion.

May 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Hasn’t macOS changed? How it doesn’t work like it used to

macOS doesn’t work like it used to. With heuristic task dispatching and sensitivity to factors like quality of network service, troubleshooting can get fiendishly difficult.

May 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Core Blimey! The power in your processor

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A modern iPod has a faster and more capable processor than the original Mac. How have they got so much faster? A look at CPUs, GPUs, and more.

November 28, 2015 Macs, Technology

Why faster is seldom quicker

Designing algorithms which can benefit from multiple cores and GPUs is not only non-trivial, it remains desperately difficult for humans.

June 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

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