Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Native client for M1 Macs
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|  SnailMiner Send message Joined: 8 Mar 20 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,981,722 RAC: 0 | 
 Are we anywhere close to having a native client for the M1 Macs? Running with Intel emulation is probably wasting a lot of efficiency and it also seems reserve a lot of RAM. Only 3-4 concurrent threads seems possible on a 16GB Mac (with max 90% RAM usage setting in Boinc preferences). | 
| Brian Pierce Send message Joined: 20 Apr 20 Posts: 2 Credit: 7,056 RAC: 0 | 
 Einstein@home supposedly runs native on M1 and M2 Macs now. Even better, PrimeGrid recently released an update to use our GPUs, apparently using OpenCl, not Metal. https://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread. ... 207#161570 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/694866 https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/comments ... wto_guide/ | 
| Brian Pierce Send message Joined: 20 Apr 20 Posts: 2 Credit: 7,056 RAC: 0 | 
 Sorry, those links didn't work. https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/comments/10ej6po/m1_gpus_now_could_be_used_in_boinc_howto_guide/ https://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=10207#161570 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/694866 | 
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