Pedal to the Metal: Inside Apple's new graphics technology<article>
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<p>Amidst a particularly busy presentation of new technologies at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple’s new graphics technology Metal probably had the most attractive demo, even if its exact benefits were among the most difficult to really understand. </p><p>In short: Metal is Apple’s new method of programming its graphics processors. The company claims performance gains without hardware changes and also says that games will be more detailed while still rendering at 60 frames per second. It sounds like magic, but it’s not: It’s the real deal.</p><h2>The old state of the art</h2>
<p>The summary of Metal is that does what it says on the tin—it unlocks the hardware, the “metal,” of the A7.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2449587/pedal-to-the-metal-inside-apples-new-graphics-technology.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Pedal to the Metal: Inside Apple's new graphics technology
