If Pascal retains its efficiency advantage, and all indications are that it will, it'll make more sense to continue with Nvidia unless AMD can compete by bleeding themselves (even more) to death.
Secondly, AFAIK, AMD got the contract mostly because of price, not because they were more efficient. And if Apple wanted to go all in on efficiency, Polaris will unlikely be the choice.
I stand corrected! Although they have shipped with NV most of the time in recent history so a more accurate statement would be to say, they will most likely continue with what they have been doing most of the time lately.
Secondly, AFAIK, AMD got the contract mostly because of price, not because they were more efficient. And if Apple wanted to go all in on efficiency, Polaris will unlikely be the choice.
If Pascal retains its efficiency advantage, and all indications are that it will, it'll make more sense to continue with Nvidia unless AMD can compete by bleeding themselves (even more) to death.
They switched for FirePro because of OpenCL, but the main reason for the full switch is Metal. Intel GENx, and AMD GCNx is well documented for Apple to write a Metal drivers for these architectures. On the other hand they don't able to create a first class support for NV, because the lack of documentation. Apple won't care too much about OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan, anything. They are now focusing to the Metal API.Apple switched because of Opencl; AMD is far better than Nvidia period and that's not going to change any time soon.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/01/report-some-2011-macbook-pros-with-amd-gpus-experiencing-hardware-failures/
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/28/macbook-pro-2011-graphics-lawsuit/
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/08/16/apple-initiates-graphic-card-replacement-program-for-mid-2011-27-inch-imac/
The only failures are AMD GPUs and obviously AMD defense force choose to ignore the facts as usual.
See, that's what you're missing. Current 17-inch Macbook Pros use the R9 M370X as the dGPU option. They likely switched for a reason, so i don't know why they would switch back.
The reason: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ the reason Apple would switch back: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I think Nvidia is foolish to not cut margins in certain situations, for instance selling to Apple. AMD will probably retain the next generation Mac design wins unless they are just too late to market.
This...Apple switched because of Opencl; AMD is far better than Nvidia period and that's not going to change any time soon.
...and especially this.They switched for FirePro because of OpenCL, but the main reason for the full switch is Metal. Intel GENx, and AMD GCNx is well documented for Apple to write a Metal drivers for these architectures. On the other hand they don't able to create a first class support for NV, because the lack of documentation. Apple won't care too much about OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan, anything. They are now focusing to the Metal API.
The reason: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ the reason Apple would switch back: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I think Nvidia is foolish to not cut margins in certain situations, for instance selling to Apple. AMD will probably retain the next generation Mac design wins unless they are just too late to market.
They switched for FirePro because of OpenCL, but the main reason for the full switch is Metal. Intel GENx, and AMD GCNx is well documented for Apple to write a Metal drivers for these architectures. On the other hand they don't able to create a first class support for NV, because the lack of documentation. Apple won't care too much about OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan, anything. They are now focusing to the Metal API.
See, that's what you're missing. Current 17-inch Macbook Pros use the R9 M370X as the dGPU option. They likely switched for a reason, so i don't know why they would switch back.
AMD got the contract, because every single GPU from Nvidia failed in Apple computers: GT8600M, 9400M, GT330M, GT650M in Retina Macbook Pros, 8800GS or something in iMac's years ago.
Apple switched because of Opencl; AMD is far better than Nvidia period and that's not going to change any time soon.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/0...with-amd-gpus-experiencing-hardware-failures/
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/28/macbook-pro-2011-graphics-lawsuit/
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/08/16...eplacement-program-for-mid-2011-27-inch-imac/
The only failures are AMD GPUs and obviously AMD defense force choose to ignore the facts as usual.