You’ll see these topics come up in his splendid review. While the 2018 MacBook Pro is not a supercomputer, this Linpack benchmark tells other scientists what kind of computing power is available to them, in a common standard.įinally, being an aerospace engineer, Craig is comfortable with the technology and nomenclature of computers, CAD software, memory types, thermal issues, internal and external GPUs, and so on. And that means Craig is familiar with the supercomputer benchmark called Linpack as well as things like computational fluid dynamics (CFD). NASA is also heavily involved in supercomputers.

(A system for running parallel processing code on multiple GPU cores.) “ Theodolite App for iOS is Breathtaking.” That means when it comes to compiling and running test code, Craig is very experienced, including familiarity with OpenCL. Craig is a developer, known for his iOS app Theodolite. And while there has been a flurry of reviews this week, I think this one is the best of them all. Apple sent him a 2018, 15-inch MacBook Pro for evaluation and performance testing. The author, Craig Hunter, is an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. But here’s the best review of them all that I’ve seen so far. The new 2018 MacBook Pro has us all talking. Touch Bar 2018 MacBook Pro (15-inch) gets option for 32 GB RAM.

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