[kwlug-disc] m1 RISC silicon: impression

Doug Moen doug at moens.org
Sat Nov 6 18:37:58 EDT 2021


Yes. I'm considering buying a new macbook once Asahi Linux has a working GPU driver. The new thicker, heavier Macbooks with more ports and better repairability have tweaked my interest.

On Sat, Nov 6, 2021, at 6:27 PM, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:
> My developer got a new apple with m1. We ran version of our soft with 
> scrypt KPDF algorithm in javascript, totally non-optimized. We ran the 
> x64 version first, and it went like regular linux x64 on x64 processor. 
> Then we tried m1 version on this m1 chip, and we didn't really notice 
> that part of the program with the progress bar. Stark difference. My 
> hope that whole RISC industry will pick lessons from m1.
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