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Apple silicon: 5 Memory and internal storage

Memory, from L1 instruction cache to main memory, and how it came to be Unified. Why the internal SSD isn’t like others, and why it’s so essential.

March 6, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple silicon: 4 A little help from friends and co-processors

How the NEON vector processor, neural engine, matrix co-processor, and GPU all deliver high performance with low power and energy use.

March 1, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solving login password problems

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What do you do when your Mac refuses to log you in because it thinks your password is incorrect? Don’t rush or panic, but follow these steps.

February 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple silicon: 3 But does it save energy?

Running threads at different frequencies on the same core type can’t save energy and extend battery endurance. That’s where 2 core types come in handy.

February 26, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple silicon: 2 Power and thermal glory

How power efficiency is just as important to desktop Macs as it is to notebooks, and the story of the Mac mini in power from 2005-2023.

February 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple silicon: 1 Cores, clusters and performance

A gentle introduction to the new architecture, from how macOS allocates threads to core types, overflow, variable frequency, ending in huge differences in power.

February 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Wobbling plates and bfloat16 support

Few acts can excite an audience as much as the plate-spinner darting between crockery threatening to wobble out […]

February 4, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Secrets of Apple silicon

When running on M3 hosts, macOS VMs lack support for some of the instruction set, and Accelerate commands may be much slower. Why?

January 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

Exploring sysctl’s secrets with a new version of Mints

New version helps you check which features are available in your Mac’s CPU, and more, linking to a page here with detailed information.

January 19, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Why the M2 is more advanced that it seemed

Apple’s M2 chip uses a newer version of the CPU core instruction set. This increases its capability, thus how well it will cope with future apps and macOS, compared with the M1.

January 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

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