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minus-squarealpine_jim@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agowhich is not unique to Macs. all ARM PCs have unified memory. AMD is doing it in some of their x86 now too (Strix Halo) and Intel also have it with their Core / Arc integrated graphics boards - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/intels-new-graphics-driver-lets-you-dedicate-up-to-87-percent-of-laptop-memory-capacity-to-the-igpu-for-vram-core-ultra-cpus-get-shared-gpu-memory-override-feature
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agodon’t the ampere workstations not have unified memory?
minus-squarealpine_jim@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI think they’re ARM-based, so yes.
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoyes, they are arm based, but they don’t have an iGPU
minus-squarealpine_jim@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agook? I don’t think anyone said they do. the point was, someone claimed that only Macs have unified memory, so I gave some counterexamples, not an exhaustive list of all counterexamples.
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoand I am giving a counterexample to the claim that “all arm PCs have unified memory”
which is not unique to Macs. all ARM PCs have unified memory. AMD is doing it in some of their x86 now too (Strix Halo) and Intel also have it with their Core / Arc integrated graphics boards - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/intels-new-graphics-driver-lets-you-dedicate-up-to-87-percent-of-laptop-memory-capacity-to-the-igpu-for-vram-core-ultra-cpus-get-shared-gpu-memory-override-feature
don’t the ampere workstations not have unified memory?
I think they’re ARM-based, so yes.
yes, they are arm based, but they don’t have an iGPU
ok? I don’t think anyone said they do.
the point was, someone claimed that only Macs have unified memory, so I gave some counterexamples, not an exhaustive list of all counterexamples.
and I am giving a counterexample to the claim that “all arm PCs have unified memory”