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Apple Has Filed Trademarks for 'A10 Fusion' and 'iSight Duo'
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Like others, A10 Fusion to me means that the Macs will use A10 processors or iPads with a file system.
If they did, it would probably be for cost savings. If they’re going for power-effiencienty, I think they’d only use ARM CPUs in MacBooks. But they would probably have to give software developers a lot of notice so they would have time to recompile their software for the ARM CPU architecture.
Maybe, like fusion drives, where it is two drives combined to work like one drive. The A10 Fusion is two CPUs for the Mac (not sure which one) where during low loads it uses the A10 to save battery, and during high loads it switches to an intel core CPU?
plausible but seems short sighted (no pun intended) for Apple who presumably would continue to use similar tech in future SoC iterations. I'd expect something more along the lines of "iSight Fusion" or "Core Fusion" (the latter to emphasize it happening in the SoC) than specifically A10 Fusion.
I'm guessing they will put an A10 in the MBP and seamlessly switch back and forth with the intel chip/discrete graphics to save battery life.
Wouldn't be the first time Apple changed its mind but I do recall them stating they do not intend to merge the OSes. They intend for MacOS and iOS to remain separate. Sure that doesn't mean they can't rewrite MacOS to the A-series ARM based architecture but I would be surprised if they made that move without consolidating the OSes too.
A10 Fusion: like A9+M9, but faster/better and in 1 chip!
Or
A10 Fusion: C/GPU.
Or
All of the above or some variant or something completely different.
Or
A10 Fusion: C/GPU.
Or
All of the above or some variant or something completely different.
I think Apple SoC are coming to the Mac sooner or later, but as I said before we would have had an hint during WWDC.
Developers can now upload apps with bitcode, so Apple can recompile them for further optimization and could allow in the future to submit apps for both ARM and Intel Mac. But a transition like this doesn't happen overnight, and would require a new operating system. Either Sierra is fully ARM compatible or ARM Mac will come in the future.
I don't really now what A10 fusion could mean, but even if I'm expecting ARM on the Mac anytime soon I don't think it is related to that.
Anyway this news is right on time, we are so excited for an Apple event and nothing is better than speculate on new trademarks
I was thinking A+M as well. Leaves room for more X
But given the context, more likely an on-board image engine that combines dual images from the two camera sensors into a single image with or without effects/additional processing.
A10 Fusion could be a reference to having an A10 chip in a Macbook alongside an Intel chip.
Fusion drive is a small SSD alongside a larger HDD to help speed up things.
In the Macbook, it would handle low processing tasks, similar to the M co processor in the Iphones. When your system is idling, the A10 would do the background processing and the Intel chip would step up when you're actually using the computer.
I wonder if this is even feasible and or make enough of a difference.
Fusion drive is a small SSD alongside a larger HDD to help speed up things.
In the Macbook, it would handle low processing tasks, similar to the M co processor in the Iphones. When your system is idling, the A10 would do the background processing and the Intel chip would step up when you're actually using the computer.
I wonder if this is even feasible and or make enough of a difference.
Best guess for A10 fusion is the merging of photos from the dual wide/tele cameras on the phone in a dynamic fashion. Instead of a single static wide or tele image, iOS will take a photo from both sensors and let you dynamically zoom the photo post-capture.
Even if the OS resided on a separate flash chip you still wouldn't have the full 256gb due to wear leveling and such.
Current "Fusion Drive" is combining newer tech flash storage with a mechanical spinner to create an enhanced and improved hard drive. The "fusion" is being done to the "drive".
A10 Fusion technically should be named "Fusion A10", but that doesn't sound as cool, so they switched it.
The technology will incorporate a combination of (?) working alongside the A10 cpu to enhance it's performance.
As to what (?) is.... is anyone's guess
At least that's my theory.
A10 Fusion technically should be named "Fusion A10", but that doesn't sound as cool, so they switched it.
The technology will incorporate a combination of (?) working alongside the A10 cpu to enhance it's performance.
As to what (?) is.... is anyone's guess
At least that's my theory.
That could be very useful - A10 for iOS and Core or i5/7 for OS X with fast switching. You'd need a touchscreen or some very intuitive interface to make it work optimally.