NVIDIA getting back into Apple?

Posted on Tuesday, February 20 2018 @ 21:21 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

PC Perspective noticed NVIDIA put up a job posting for a Metal and OpenGL software engineer. The listing specifically mentions the hiree will work within a team to implement and extend 3D graphics and Metal. Experience with OS X and/or Linux operating systems is a plus.

Interestingly, NVIDIA hasn't seen a lot of action on the Mac platform for quite a while. PC Perspective speculates there are two options here, either there's nothing to see here and NVIDIA is just updating support, or the company has received a new design win from Apple:

The other possibility is that NVIDIA might be expecting a design win with Apple. What? Who knows. It could be something as simple as Apple’s external GPU architecture allowing the user to select their own add-in board. Alternatively, Apple could have selected an NVIDIA GPU for one or more product lines, which they have not done since 2013 (as far as I can tell).

If that's the case, we may know something by WWDC (early June) or around the back-to-school season in September.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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