Leak: the next Mac Pro has 64 CPU cores and 1.5TB of RAM
According to the Twitter source @LeaksApplePro, the next Mac Pro is under development and will be officially released at WWDC 2022. The new computer will support a 16/32/64 core CPU, up to 1.5TB memory, up to 16TB SSD. The whistleblower also said that the configuration information may change, and the graphics card model is unknown.
Hearing a few things about the next Mac Pro, development is in early stages so things could change:
– Releasing at WWDC 2022.
– Options of 16, 32 and 64 cpu cores.
– Up to 1.5TB of RAM.
– Up to 16TB SSD.
– I don’t know about graphics yet.
I’ll keep you updated.
— LeaksApplePro (@LeaksApplePro) January 1, 2021
The current Mac Pro uses Intel Xeon CPUs with up to 28 cores. The memory also supports options up to 1.5TB. In terms of graphics cards, Mac Pro can be equipped with up to two AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo professional computing graphics cards, a total of four GPU cores, each core has 4096 stream processors and 32GB HBM2 video memory.
According to previous news, Apple‘s current M1 ARM chip is just the beginning. Chips with higher performance and more core numbers will be carried on devices such as the new MacBook Pro and iMac in the future and will be equipped with 32 cores. The current 8-core M1 chip has achieved amazing performance, and the video editing efficiency and running score have been greatly improved. Apple is gradually planning to use self-developed ARM chips to replace Intel CPUs on all computers. According to Bloomberg News, Apple’s self-developed GPU core is also in progress. It is testing 16-core and 32-core GPUs and is expected to bring 128-core GPU chips in 2022.
