LC0 will be 100x faster on Apple devices soon :-)

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Hai
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LC0 will be 100x faster on Apple devices soon :-)

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The developers are working on:
-LC0 metal improvements :)
-core-ml :D
-fp16 working with metal and core-ml 8-)
-additional usage of Apple M5 Tensor cores :shock:
-usage of GPU + Apple Neural Engine (NPU) at the same time :o
= That's at least 100 times faster, than it is now :mrgreen:

:arrow: Help is welcome :idea:
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towforce
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Re: LC0 will be 100x faster on Apple devices soon :-)

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Hai wrote: ↑Mon Nov 17, 2025 11:37 am The developers are working on:
-LC0 metal improvements :)
-core-ml :D
-fp16 working with metal and core-ml 8-)
-additional usage of Apple M5 Tensor cores :shock:
-usage of GPU + Apple Neural Engine (NPU) at the same time :o
= That's at least 100 times faster, than it is now :mrgreen:

:arrow: Help is welcome :idea:

What is an "LC0 metal improvement"?
Human chess is partly about tactics and strategy, but mostly about memory
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Re: LC0 will be 100x faster on Apple devices soon :-)

Post by lucario6607 »

Hai wrote: ↑Mon Nov 17, 2025 11:37 am The developers are working on:
-LC0 metal improvements :)
-core-ml :D
-fp16 working with metal and core-ml 8-)
-additional usage of Apple M5 Tensor cores :shock:
-usage of GPU + Apple Neural Engine (NPU) at the same time :o
= That's at least 100 times faster, than it is now :mrgreen:

:arrow: Help is welcome :idea:
Did you actually read anything the devs said? Very bold claims when you have no evidence
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Hai
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Re: LC0 will be 100x faster on Apple devices soon :-)

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Even KataGo can do this stuff:
https://github.com/ChinChangYang/KataGo ... Backend.md
https://gogamespace.com/using-katrain-w ... e-silicon/
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Re: LC0 will be 100x faster on Apple devices soon :-)

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Apple rumoured to be giving up on the Mac Pro
https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/6 ... he-mac-pro

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