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This change adds `AppleOps` to Thinc, to ensure that the AMX unit is always used on Apple Silicon Macs. Before this change, a user would get much worse performance if they forgot to install `thinc-apple-ops`. The `apple_ops` and `_accelerate` modules are built conditionally. When detecting the best CPU implementation, we rely on a `try...except` import to determine whether Apple ops are available. Even though x86_64 Macs do not have an AMX unit, Accelerate is competitive with BLIS, so it does not hurt to enable Apple ops on all Macs.
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This change adds
AppleOpsto Thinc, to ensure that the AMX unit is always used on Apple Silicon Macs. Before this change, a user would get much worse performance if they forgot to installthinc-apple-ops.The
apple_opsand_acceleratemodules are built conditionally. When detecting the best CPU implementation, we rely on atry...exceptimport to determine whether Apple ops are available.Even though x86_64 Macs do not have an AMX unit, Accelerate is competitive with BLIS, so it does not hurt to enable Apple ops on all Macs.
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