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Apple M1 / M2 / M3 Core Support Might Soon Be Merged For The GCC Compiler
When it comes to compiler support for Apple Silicon and their hardware at large, Apple has long been focused on the LLVM/Clang toolchain given their long history with it, employing many of the developers, and Xcode being based on LLVM
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) though may soon see upstream support for the newer Apple Cores thanks to the work of GCC developer Iain Sandoe along with the input of engineers from Arm and the Apple open-source team. From the Arm side at least the latest version looks good and unblocks others from potentially providing their sign-offs. In any event it's coming for those wanting to see optimized Apple Silicon support with GCC as an alternative to LLVM.
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