In a blog post this week, software engineer Andrew Rossignol (my brother!) detailed how he managed to run generative AI on an ...

如何在仅1GB内存的PowerBook G4上成功运行生成式AI？技术专家揭秘其背后的优化策略与性能突破 在信息技术迅猛发展的今天，生成式AI模型的应用已经成为了人工智能领域的一项重要技术趋势。根据市场调研，全球生成式AI市场预计在2025年将达到13亿美元，这一领域的技术革新不断推动着行业的发展。而最近，软件工程师Andrew Rossignol通过一项大胆的尝试，成功在一台2005年的Powe ...

这台设备的硬件配置极为有限，仅搭载了 1.5GHz 的 PowerPC G4 处理器和 1GB 内存，但他通过优化和开源项目实现了这一突破。 PowerBook G4 的硬件配置远低于现代 AI 模型的要求，但 Rossignol 通过移植开源项目 llama2.c ，并利用 PowerPC 的 AltiVec 向量扩展技术，成功加速了模型的推理性能。

Apple has never sold a MacBook with a cellular modem, but now that the C1 modem is here, reports that Apple is thinking about using the modem could become a reality. Apple could use the modem in a ...

Work is also progressing on supporting older Apple PowerPC Macintosh systems. MAME 0.274 requires the SDL2 library to work, which implements cross-platform graphics and sound. The full change log ...

The product name dates back to 2006 when the Power Mac G5, equipped with a PowerPC chip, was replaced with a desktop tower of the same design that used an Intel processor. In 2013, Apple released ...

Which raises the question: which is the best iMac of them all? It would be easy to simply say that it's the M4 iMac, since it's the most powerful model to date, but can you really ...

In a new article by NewScientist, we are treated to one of the more mind-boggling factoids about the rover: It’s powered by the same kind of chip that Apple used in iMacs from the PowerPC era.

Apple @ Work is a 9to5Mac series where Bradley Chambers looks at the latest trends and news with how the Mac and iOS are working in enterprise IT environments. A new regular series from Bradley ...

If you encounter one of the Macs below in the wild, what you're really seeing is an abandoned evolutionary branch. The ...