Edit: looks like it's "write once, use everywhere". Write MLX, run it on Linux CUDA, and Apple Silicon/Metal.
Edit: looks like it's "write once, use everywhere". Write MLX, run it on Linux CUDA, and Apple Silicon/Metal.
I’ll note Apple hasn’t shipped an Nvidia card in a very very long time. Even on the Mac pros before Apple Silicon they only ever sold AMD cards.
My understanding from rumors is that they had a falling out over the problems with the dual GPU MacBook Pros and the quality of drivers.
I have no idea if sticking one in on the PCI bus let you use it for AI stuff though.
I imagined the convo between Steve Jobs and Jensen Huang went like this:
S: your GPU is shit
J: your thermal design is shit
S: f u
J: f u too
Apple is the kind of company that hold a grudge for a very long time, their relationships with suppliers are very one way, their way or the highway.
All MacBook Pros from late 2007 to 2010 used Nvidia GPUs, not AMD.
Search “nvidia 8600 fail” to read more.