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0 pointsalt2278mo ago0 comments

Apple silicon does not compete well in multicore spaces. People seem to think that because it can run single core things really well on a laptop, it can do anything. Servers regularly have 100-200 cpu cores maxing out of rapid fire threads. This is not what Apple silicon excels at.

On top of that, it only performs so well on consumer devices because they control the hardware and OS and can tune both together. Creating server hardware would mean allowing linux to be installed on it, and would need to run equally well. Apple would never put the development time into linux kernel/drivers to make this happen.

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wpm8mo ago

Both Intel and AMD sell server CPUs with fewer than 100, hell, fewer than 32 cores.

There is of course a market for that. Not everyone needs a $4000 electric bill. Apple just can’t take the typical lions share of the profits in that market so they don’t bother.

packetlost8mo ago

I know off the top of my head at least 3 places that would happily purchase a couple of XServers (one of which probably still has one) running MacOS Server. Linux isn't as hard of a requirement as you think.

giancarlostoro8mo ago

Hell... I can think of loads of places running servers on WINDOWS (namely all of my employers, including F500 companies) I am not surprised that someone would run macOS as a server. At least MacOS is Unix based ;)

swiftcoder8mo ago

> This is not what Apple silicon excels at

Not at the moment, no. I feel like the Apple silicon team probably would rise to that challenge though

otterley8mo ago

> Apple silicon does not compete well in multicore spaces.

Can you elaborate on this? Maybe with some useful metrics?

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