407: It Isn't a Big Grapefruit

Dec 03, 2020•2 hr 50 min•Ep 407•Transcript available on Metacast

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Pre-show: You heard it here first: Marco is really starting to justify a new Mac.
Follow-up:
- You can restore stuff from iCloud here (via Ryan Fegley)
- Accelerated TensorFlow for macOS probably just uses the GPU
  - Neural Engine can be used as well, though. (via @hishnash)
- Apple did make an ECC RAM controller in the past (via Max Lein)
- Lots of info about scaling the M1 via Jonathan Dietz
  - Die size spreadsheet
- Cerebras, the big-die ML accelerator (via Andrew Bunner)
- Memory bus thoughts from Wade Tregaskis
  - Memory interface bandwidth
- Dual M1 Macs
- “Low-effort” Mac Pro
- TMSC Achieves Breakthrough in 2nm Manufacturing
  - What is “risk production”?
- Alexander Graf virtualizes ARM Windows on Apple Silicon
  - 9to5Mac
  - QEMU
Marco’s Mini Monologues
- Smart Speaker Size Comparison (scroll down a bit)
- Panzarino’s observation about Qi chargers
- …and his FU
#askatp
- Is it possible to disable the fan on the new M1 MacBook Pro? (via Matthew Taylor)
  - CoolBook
  - TG Pro
- What’s our deal with Apple News+ anyway? (via Bryan Hoffman)
- Component Motherboards : SoC :: ICE : Electric Cars? (via Kevin Doran)
  - VLSI
  - VHF / UHF
Post-show:
- Yes, John is aware of breadboxes.
- Tesla’s “Mission Accomplished”