Many M1 engineers left Apple! Why?

[EuroChilli]

Why? How about they simply got a better offer somewhere else. While the pressure may be on at Apple, I somehow don't think it's as bad as working in a Bangladeshi sweatshop.

 

[Gerdi]

Yeah, I still see the issue with the Intel Embree kernel as open on GitHub with regards to Apple Silicon.

The real issue is not the question if you use a 128bit or 256bit code-path, but the fact that NEON support is just a wrapper around SSE/AVX. In some instances it requires lots of (ARM64/NEON) instruction to emulate a single SSE/AVX instruction. This is not a shortcoming of NEON but in many instances happens because the caller passes constant literals or other parameters, which fitting SEE/AVX instructions but not NEON instructions. The wrapper is then converting these parameters before calling NEON code.

 

[mi7chy]

Even power consumprion for M1 Max is not true. Because CPU (not ram, gpu,…) draws about 27-29W in Cinebench R23.

That part probably taken from Anandtech who reported 35W power package (+/- due to silicon lottery) and 39W from wall.

 

[crazy dave]

That part probably taken from Anandtech who reported 35W power package (+/- due to silicon lottery) and 39W from wall.

Technically you’re both right. His is CPU cores, yours is package power.

 

[satcomer]

Other Tech companies are prolly offering them more money to come work for them! Happen in tech companies all the time!

 

[darngooddesign]

Apple Aims to Prevent Defections to Meta With Rare $180,000 Bonuses for Top Talent

www.bloomberg.com

Not just a lead designer but many M1 developers and engineers left Apple to other companies such as MS and Intel. According to Bloomberg, Apple tried to prevent engineers to defections by giving stocks but they rejected Apple's offer.

Not just few but many of them left and is it a concerning issue for Apple?

Apple tried to prevent engineers to defections...

Apple encouraged valued employees to stay...

Isn't it funny how the choice of words can affect the general tone.