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The unified memory is a big part of what makes the M1 Macs so fast, but tying the memory to the chip would drive up the purchase price significantly. The users who want such a machine demand customization options that MacBook and Mac mini users don’t necessarily need, so it’s possible that Apple offers slots like the Macs of old.īut more likely is a dramatic rethinking of what a Pro desktop is. We don’t know if Apple will take a similar approach with the Mac Pro, however. The RAM isn’t just soldered onto the motherboard on the M1 MacBook and iMac-it’s built directly into the chip, making it faster and more efficient. The current Intel Mac Pro offers up to 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC memory in 12 user-accessible DIMM slots, but the unified memory in the M1 Macs is quite different. Nor do we know how long Apple will continue to sell non-Apple silicon Macs. The Intel-based Mac Pro models will continue to use AMD graphics, but no reports have surfaced that cover what possible upgrades are in store if any. No details on what Intel processors Apple will be upgrading to have been released. If you consider that the rumored 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro could have a 10-core SoC with eight performance cores and two efficiency cores, could it be possible that Apple is taking the MacBook Pro SoC and installing two or four of them in the Mac Pro? We’ll have to wait and see.įor the short term, Apple is going to have both Intel processors and Apple silicon available in the Mac Pro. 2022 Mac Pro: Apple siliconĪccording to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the Apple silicon Mac Pro could be available with 20 or 40 computing cores, with 16 performance cores and four efficiency cores in the former (Apple’s codename for this SoC is Jade 2C-Die), and 32 performance cores and eight efficiency cores in the latter (codename Jade 4C-Die). This model will be available along with new Apple SoC Mac Pro.
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Gurman also reports that Apple won’t discontinue the current Mac Pro design and that the company will update it with Intel processors. The revamped Mac Pro might remind people of the Power Mac G4 Cube.
