I don't think any of us yet knows where this ends up, but Apple
might be
ending support for 3rd-party GPU's, and is asking developers
not to underestimate their own integrated GPU's.
Quote:
"Don't assume a discrete GPU means better performance," Apple wrote. "The integrated GPU in Apple processors is optimized for high performance graphics tasks."
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I suspect that Apple has put as much (if not more) effort into their GPU work than their CPU work, and that may well be the biggest surprise of this whole thing. Heck, the GPU's in the A11 and A12 are very powerful, and beat the socks off of the Imagination GPU's from previous generations. Now, don't get your undies in a wad over this. I'm not saying Apple is going to come out and strip the armor off AMD or Nvidia,
but I bet they've set their sights on doing so!