iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On 'Hey Siri'

[flat five]

Kind of pointless on a desktop where I can do stuff so much faster myself.

"find my Numbers files from this month"

 

[twinlight]

Hope they add a battery from the iPhone for ***** and giggles when you guys unplug the iMac. M10 running alone, probably for weeks.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

"find my Numbers files from this month"

Open Numbers > Click on Recent.

 

[chucker23n1]

Open Numbers > Click on Recent.

Orrrr you could use Siri.

 

[citysnaps]

I don't want the iMac Pro because of its form factor. But when I did read that it includes an A10, I thought "cool!, it will run natively ARM mach-o binaries on MacOS!!"... but then I continue reading and it will have 512 MB RAM only, and it will be for Siri... Apple, what's up with you these days? You said this would be a Pro machine (well, I don't think this form factor can be used for Pro purposes, but it's you, Apple, who called it Pro). So, Pro with Siri?? Come on!!!! And who are your Pro targets, Apple? 15-year old girls? Come on!!

An A10 would have been a good idea, but only if it can access all the system RAM and can run natively ARM binaries. Only for that. I don't want an A10 in a Pro machine for any purpose other than that.

I mean: Is there anybody in the Apple cockpit?

Sure it can. Tell me why not.

 

[flat five]

Open Numbers > Click on Recent.

you don't have to open it to see recent. (if it's in your Dock)

..but you're missing the part about limiting the search to a timeframe.

"find Numbers files from October 2016"

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(and yes, there are other ways to do that too.. regardless, it's fast (maybe fastest) and accurate with Siri)

 

[dannys1]

Apples Siri-centered home anno 2018.

Hey Siri!

"Yeah?" said the iPhone
"Wazzup?" said the Apple Watch
"What?" said the HomePod
"Can I help you?" said the iPad
"What do you need me to do?" said the iMac
"Yo!" said the Apple TV

All at once, of course

Except they already sorted this years ago and it works perfectly. The nearest one/most recently used talks to you if multiple devices hear you.

 

[Dr.SL]

According to some digging into Apple's "BridgeOS 2.0" code and macOS this weekend by Jonathan Levin, Steven Troughton-Smith, and Guilherme Rambo, the upcoming iMac Pro appears to feature an A10 Fusion chip with 512 MB of RAM. While the full functionality of the A10 chip isn't yet known, it appears the chip will enable support for "Hey Siri" functionality, potentially even when the iMac Pro is turned off.

As noted by Troughton-Smith, the A10 will manage the booting process and security for the iMac Pro, and with hooks into system audio, he theorized that the chip might support always-on "Hey Siri."

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The "Hey Siri" theory was quickly confirmed by Rambo, who shared both a boot chime for BridgeOS and the setup process for "Hey Siri" discovered within macOS.

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Rumors of ARM-based chips being included in Macs have been circulating for some time, and with the T1 chip appearing in the MacBook Pro to drive the Touch Bar last year, the rumor began coming to fruition. The T1 was just the first step in the process, however, with Bloomberg reporting in February that a custom "T310" ARM-based Mac chip similar to the T1 could be included in future Macs and take on some additional functionality such as handling "Power Nap" low-power mode functionality.

In June, Pike's Universum reported that the upcoming iMac Pro will include a Secure Enclave, suggesting the machine would indeed include an ARM-based coprocessor as on the MacBook Pro.

Unveiled at WWDC in June, the iMac Pro is scheduled to launch next month, but Apple has yet to give a specific launch date for the high-end desktop that will start at $4999.

Article Link: iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On 'Hey Siri'

Please ad a new feature - To delete Siri app

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Looking forward to my iMac Pro arriving.

 

[4jasontv]

A separate processor that has access to your microphone even when your compuer is off isnt creepy in the slightest.

Who turns their desktop off?

 

[kidhack]

Siri? Useless on iPhone, so why would I use it on a 'pro' machine?

Sounds like they're really focusing on "Pro" features with this one!

 

[pubwvj]

The mini will be updated in 2018.

It's a good machine for many things. In fact, Apple, under Jobs, did good with figuring out the niches and filling them appropriately. Now the rate of improvement in the niches has slowed dramatically because to a large degree of the focus on the highest selling product, the iPhone. Apple is making a mistake not to also keep those niches vibrant.

 

[Tech198]

An ARM coprocessor : Nice.
A device listening to me, even when turned off: No thanks.

Chances are just listing for the trigger word.

 

[iriejedi]

Siri? Useless on iPhone, so why would I use it on a 'pro' machine?

Still an iMac.... sigh..... please detach the screen....

 

[Internet Enzyme]

fwiw, you can currently use Siri to change volume as well..

"turn up the volume" (goes up ~10%)
"turn the volume all the way up"
"mute volume"
"set volume at 75%"
etc.


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so yeah.. future reference for you when it becomes fully voice controlled on Macs.

yes, but I have to have my keyboard and press fn + space to do that, and if my keyboard is already by me then I might as well use the dedicated f10 to f12 keys

 

[flat five]

yes, but I have to have my keyboard and press fn + space to do that, and if my keyboard is already by me then I might as well use the dedicated f10 to f12 keys

 

[Parkin Pig]

Sounds like a great way to jack up the price for no discernible reason.

Yeah, it'd be the first time Apple had ever done that, eh?

 

[justint1989]

Hey Siri has worked since the A8, I don’t think it has an A10 just for this feature - there’s something more to this.

I’m sure they have millions of unused A10 Fusions laying around. The A8 is in the new HomePod but with the iPhone 6 being discountinued over a year ago, I’d imagine it was easier to use the leftovers. Who knows!

 

[EugW]

Well, this may solve the 10-bit HEVC h.265 hardware decode issue.

(The Intel chips used in the iMac Pro wouldn't support that, and Apple isn't supporting it on AMD GPUs either.)

 

[4jasontv]

"find my Numbers files from this month"

Is it in Numbers under recent documents? Can Spotlight find it under whatever you named it, or any words within the document? Or is it in the folder where you store each months Numbers files?

I assume you work in a place where no one can hear you, because just like Siri on the iPhone, I don't want to hear it.

 

[abs47589]

Only $2700 more than the iMac?? for the Hey Siri option?!? Totally worth it!

 

[bodonnell202]

Hey Siri has worked since the A8, I don’t think it has an A10 just for this feature - there’s something more to this.

Hey Siri works on A5 devices (i.e. iPhone 4s) and newer when connected to power and A9 devices and newer when under battery power. However I think it's safe to assume that the iMac Pro won't operate under battery power so I agree that the A10 is overpowered for just Hey Siri and there is probably more to it...

 

[flat five]

Is it in Numbers under recent documents? Can Spotlight find it under whatever you named it, or any words within the document? Or is it in the folder where you store each months Numbers files?

I assume you work in a place where no one can hear you, because just like Siri on the iPhone, I don't want to hear it.

Spotlight can find things that way as well. (since Sierra iirc).. there’s also now type to Siri so you don’t have to use voice if you don’t want to.

 

[sjager]

iMacs and other desktop Macs. You have no clue what you're talking about.

well current pro devices, i.e. the MacBook pro do not have usb ports. I was being presumptuous in thinking that Apple would be consistent across their device portfolio in calling USB dead. But apparently, they are reversing their decision and putting them in the new iMac pro. lol

 

[Mike MA]

I whish I would need this thing. Sounds better every second.