Apple launches Snow Leopard OS in June
Adding more robust graphics processing is a way for setting things up for developers to take advantage of OpenCL in Snow Leopard
According to a report, Apple's Snow Leopard OS will roll out on June 8. One analyst declined to speculate on a Snow Leopard release date, but said that with last week's desktop refresh, Apple now has its hardware pieces in place.
"Adding more robust graphics processing is a way for setting things up for developers to take advantage of OpenCL in Snow Leopard," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research Inc.
Apple has said Snow Leopard will support OpenCL (Open Computing Language) to allow developers to "steal" computing power from the graphics processor and apply it to general, nongraphics tasks.
All notebook and consumer desktop Macs are now configured with graphics processors from nVidia, which has been aggressively pushing its chips' ability to take some of the load from the CPU.
According to earlier reports, Apple has also provided developers with Snow Leopard builds that feature tools to mimic the iPhone's location-sensing skills, as well as additional support for multitouch features.
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