Nvidia, Apple may team up for “next revolutionary Apple products” suggest job listings
29 Sep 2016
The association of Apple with graphics processing unit (GPU) maker, Nvidia, which is currently limited, may grow in the near future. A number of job listings on Nvidia's website refer to helping ''produce the next revolutionary Apple products," pointing to the company's imminent association with the iPhone maker.
Despite Nvidia's success with Windows-based PCs, and its current 73 per cent market share in discrete graphics processing units (GPU)s, the GPU maker had not been able to impress Apple, which currently used chips from rival AMD for its Mac computers.
A job description for the position of Metal and Open GL software engineer, Nvidia called for candidates who would work "in partnership with Apple" to "define and shape the future of OpenGL both for computer platforms as well as next generation consumer electronics devices."
The job listing had been subsequently revised, but the original text had been preserved by the Google cache. In another job listing, which also had been tweaked slightly, Nvidia was looking for a Metal Compute and Open CL software engineer that would "define and shape the future of Metal and OpenCL on Mac OS X."
While Nvidia GPUs had earlier been used in Macs, after the release of the Mac Pro in late 2013 Apple had moved all of its products that used a discrete GPU over to AMD.
Apple is set to reveal a redesigned MacBook Pro next month, as well as other Mac hardware, according to a number reports on the matter. But the company would have more interesting computers lined up for the future, as it was apparently partnering with Nvidia for 'revolutionary' new products.
According to commentators, higher-end Mac machines would be powered by Nvidia GPUs. Apple was also said to be working on Thunderbolt Displays that featured integrated graphics, which could also benefit from this partnership.
Currently, Apple's more portable devices including the 13-inch MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air, and the MacBook did not feature discrete graphics options. Instead, they relied on integrated graphics chips from Intel.