The Apple GPU and the Impossible Bug
https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-5.html [rosenzweig.io]
2022-05-13 23:56
tags:
gl
graphics
hardware
investigation
mac
programming
In late 2020, Apple debuted the M1 with Apple’s GPU architecture, AGX, rumoured to be derived from Imagination’s PowerVR series. Since then, we’ve been reverse-engineering AGX and building open source graphics drivers. Last January, I rendered a triangle with my own code, but there has since been a heinous bug lurking: The driver fails to render large amounts of geometry.
source: HN
Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU
https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-1.html [rosenzweig.io]
2021-01-22 18:59
tags:
graphics
hardware
investigation
mac
programming
series
systems
Apple’s latest line of Macs includes their in-house “M1” system-on-chip, featuring a custom GPU. This poses a problem for those of us in the Asahi Linux project who wish to run Linux on our devices, as this custom Apple GPU has neither public documentation nor open source drivers. Some speculate it might descend from PowerVR GPUs, as used in older iPhones, while others believe the GPU to be completely custom. But rumours and speculations are no fun when we can peek under the hood ourselves!
And part II where it really takes off: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-2.html
source: HN