Hacker News with Generative AI: Apple Hardware

Porting the GNAT Ada compiler to macOS/aarch64 (briancallahan.net)
After getting a port of GDC working on my new MacBook Pro, there are still two languages left in the GCC suite that I don't have: Ada and Go.
Programming, Compilers, macOS, Apple Hardware, Open Source
93 points by ingve 5 days ago | 9 comments
Ask HN: Resources for general purpose GPU development on Apple's M* chips? (ycombinator.com)
While Apple M* chips seems to have an incredible unified memory access, the available learning resources seem to be quite restricted and often convoluted. Has anyone been able to get past this barrier?
GPU Development, Apple Hardware, Programming Resources, Machine Learning
149 points by thinking_banana 23 days ago | 82 comments
M4 Macs can't virtualise older macOS (eclecticlight.co)
If you’ve already got a new M4 Mac and tried to run a macOS virtual machine on it, then you might have been disappointed. It seems that M4 chips can’t virtualise any version of macOS before 13.4 Ventura. So before you trade in or pass on your M1, M2 or M3 Mac, if you need access to older VMs, you might like to check whether this affects you.
Mac, Virtualization, macOS, Apple Hardware
178 points by Brajeshwar 62 days ago | 158 comments
An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers (lwn.net)
The kernel graphics driver for the Apple M1 and M2 GPUs is, rather famously, written in Rust, but it has achieved conformance with various graphics standards, which is also noteworthy.
Graphics Drivers, Apple Hardware, Open Source
625 points by MrBuddyCasino 78 days ago | 266 comments