Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Difference between revisions

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* '''64-bit [[Kernel (computer science)|kernel]]''' technology to allow up to a theoretical 16[[Terabyte|TB]] [[Random access memory|RAM]].<ref name="applesnowleopard"/>

* '''[[Grand Central (technology)|Grand Central]]''': a parallel-programming technology<ref>{{cite news

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}}</ref> by Apple that aims to have the OS take full advantage of [[multi-core]] [[Central processing unit|CPUs]].<ref name="applesnowleopard"/>

* '''[[QuickTime X]]''' which will feature optimized support for modern [[codec]]s.<ref name="applesnowleopard"/>

* '''[[OpenCL]]''' (Open Computing Language): allowing developers to code applications to use the [[Graphics processing unit|GPU]] for non-graphics purposes.<ref name="applesnowleopard"/>

The next version of [[Mac OS X Server#Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard|Mac OS X Server]] will include all of these features and other server-related features, such as [[ZFS]] support.<ref>{{cite web