Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on June 22, 2020 2:25 pm wrote:
> Chester (lamchester.delete@this.gmail.com) on June 22, 2020 1:32 pm wrote:
> > Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on June 22, 2020 11:44 am wrote:
> > > Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on June 22, 2020 11:26 am wrote:
> > > > It's real!!!!
> > >
> > > Well we saw something of how x86 apps will work.
> > > Any comments from the various people making strong claims regarding this?
> > > Of particular interest was (img)
> >
> > We haven't seen much in terms of CPU performance. Several comments:

> >
• Showing off Word/Excel/Powerpoint is strange. Those apps run fine on an underclocked Atom

> >
• DNG files in Lightroom - weird they didn't show exporting/raw conversion. Getting
  > > low res previews of effects was very fast on 2013-era mobile Haswell. Maybe they didn't
  > > show export because FPU performance is one of Intel's strengths (2x256-bit AVX execution
  > > units), and processing high res images really takes advantage of that.

> >
• Maya - I don't have Maya, but Blender's workspace view is a very light GPU load. I suspect it's the
  > > same for Maya. If they were confident in CPU performance, they'd show a CPU render. They did not.

> >
• Playback of multiple 4K streams - just means their GPU has a
  > > modern video engine. Intel's iGPUs could do this years ago

> >
• Tomb Raider - they ran through a small, isolated area without any enemies/allies
  > > present. I expect the weakest CPUs to have no trouble with that.

> >

> > I think they're trying to show graphics acceleration works properly on the
> > A12Z and Rosetta 2 is functional. There was no attempt to show A12Z being competitive
> > with desktop Intel/AMD chips - even ones from a few years ago.
>
> The point of the exercise is to reassure customers that "all the apps you know and love will work
> without a hitch". The point is NOT to show tech-heads how much faster one CPU is than another.


Funny, my take on this was that apple learned a lesson from last time, and made sure the biggest players like Ms and Adobe were on board so that quite a lot of customers will never really need to rely on Rosetta 2 (and avoid another awkward Quark Xpress situation*) ...
Which is a smart move, make emulation possible but offer convenient pathways to help avoid needing to actually use it in the first place. Now given Apples depreciation cycle Rosetta2 will probably not b with us for a very long time anyways. ;0




*) I seem to remember that Adobe used the past transitions to leapfrog past competitors that were not willing to go native soon.