Apple M1 chip for music server?

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Surprised there was not thread on this yet, so here we are.  Apple has not rally released details yet on this chip, I am wondering how fast it is really going to be.  For example, will it possibly be fast enough to run HQPlayer with EC modulators for conversions to DSD 256?  Too much to ask for perhaps?

I really like using a Mac Mini as a server in my (optically Networked) set up.

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14 minutes ago, matthias said:

I do not think that the M1 is powerful enough for EC modulators.

But they are working on a new smaller Mac Pro which could be fit for the task.

 

Matt

While I kind of figured that it would be too good to be possible, what are you basing your opinion on?  My understanding is that for Intel, a I7-9700K is the necessary "minimum" (those chips are selling pretty cheap these days as well).  Jussi says base clock rate is generally the dominating factor when trying to run HQP 4 and the EC modulators

and the I7-9700K runs at a base rate of 3.6 GHz.  So far I have seen no info on clock rates for the M1.

 

As Apple has said they will transition fully to their own chips throughout the line within the next two years, I am sure we will see more powerful chips from them for Mac Pro desktops, and super high performance laptops.

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7 hours ago, ccc888 said:

Has anybody get one yet? Really want to know how HQPlayer performs under M1 chip. I use HQP3, don’t even know if it’s supported by the new OS.

@Miska, has mentioned he is getting an M1 Mac for development.  I suspect he will be the one to weigh in on this.  New code will probably have to be written to run with M1 Macs natively (without rosetta).