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How does macOS manage virtual cores on Apple Silicon?

by @howardnoakley eclecticlight.co published 2023-10-23

Code run in a lightweight Virtual Machine can’t take advantage of the Efficiency cores of the host Apple silicon Mac. How then does Sonoma handle its threads?

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