Does the M1 MacBook pro 13 support data science tools ?

yaswanth112 wrote:

I am interested in the new 13" Macbook pro with M1 chipset, but just wanted to check if it is compatible with the data science tools & libraries like tensorflow, pytorch, etc. Does it support Rstudio & the R eco-system ?

About the Rosetta Translation Environment

Rosetta is a translation process that allows users to run apps that contain x86_64 instructions on Apple silicon. Rosetta is meant to ease the transition to Apple silicon, giving you time to create a universal binary for your app. It is not a substitute for creating a native version of your app.

ref: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple_silicon/about_the_rosetta_translation_environment

Understand that you cannt get an offical answer here. We are end users like you, and the computers and new OS have not yet arrived in end-user hands. Unless you can find an Apple article, o the subject, you'll need to ask Apple directly.

There is an official statement at r-project:

https://developer.r-project.org/Blog/public/2020/11/02/will-r-work-on-apple-silicon/

It turns out there is hope that R will work on Apple silicon. A usable Fortran 90 compiler for Apple silicon will hopefully be available relatively soon...

There's also some notes about this topic at:

https://securityboulevard.com/2020/11/apple-silicon-big-sur-rstudio-r-field-report/

It includes the comment that M1 won't support >16GB memory which may be a limiting factor for some in the R community

Maybe a question for the devlopers/providers of those tools.

Yes. It works.