Just like it says above, this is from an article about possible Mac Pros, this article was about a month or so before WWDC 2013...
Thunderbolt Pro is what whomever created the image is calling TB2...
Okay, I get it. Didn't realize the image was from that far back.
No problem...
The fact that it IS from right before WWDC 2013, a third-party mock-up of what some expected from a new Mac Pro...
...and then we got the cylindrical Mac Pro...
...and now we are all asking for a smaller version of the cheesegrater (and dreaming of the densely packed Cube 2.0, or the Cube 3.0 ARM cluster) and just hoping for the best...
(...the best would be a Threadripper 3 based system...)
In my humble opinion, the previous gen Mac Pro is hard to improve upon. I have two; one is used as a file server, with 4 x 3 1/2" drives, the other gathering dust in the garage.
TB3 on AMD platform? Finally!
So what do you think will stop Apple from dual sourcing CPU's from AMD also?
ASRock is ready with its own mini-ITX motherboard based on the AMD X570 chipset, the X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX TB3. This tiny powerhouse one-ups other mini-ITX motherboards in its category by offering 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 3 connectivity over USB type-C, in addition to USB 3.2. This Thunderbolt port also includes a DP pass-through from your discrete graphics card. https://www.techpowerup.com/256005/asrock-unveils-x570-phantom-gaming-itx-tb3-motherboard
Lisa Su confirmed that TR3 is coming and since AM4 entered HEDT level of performance- TR3 will go higher too, and looks like AMD is giving Apple the luxury to launch it's MAC PRO with TR3 as the worlds powerful PC before any one else like I predicted , TR3 will be released after Apple's Release.
Lisa Su confirmed that TR3 is coming and since AM4 entered HEDT level of performance- TR3 will go higher too, and looks like AMD is giving Apple the luxury to launch it's MAC PRO with TR3 as the worlds powerful PC before any one else like I predicted , TR3 will be released after Apple's Release.
Pretty sure I am the first to ever envision Threadripper in a Mac Pro, so... ;^p
We are also waiting on E3 for full Navi info, coincidentally the week AFTER WWDC...?
"Regardless of legitimacy, it's nice to read some Mac centric speculation again rather than the usual "iPhone bumps" posts. I miss Mac rumors, but that's the way of the world these days."
So true. I love my IOS devices, but no matter how hard Apple tries to convince me otherwise, most of my tasks can only be done efficiently on a Mac.
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Thunderbolt Pro is what whomever created the image is calling TB2...
Okay, I get it. Didn't realize the image was from that far back.
The fact that it IS from right before WWDC 2013, a third-party mock-up of what some expected from a new Mac Pro...
...and then we got the cylindrical Mac Pro...
...and now we are all asking for a smaller version of the cheesegrater (and dreaming of the densely packed Cube 2.0, or the Cube 3.0 ARM cluster) and just hoping for the best...
(...the best would be a Threadripper 3 based system...)
So what do you think will stop Apple from dual sourcing CPU's from AMD also?
ASRock is ready with its own mini-ITX motherboard based on the AMD X570 chipset, the X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX TB3. This tiny powerhouse one-ups other mini-ITX motherboards in its category by offering 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 3 connectivity over USB type-C, in addition to USB 3.2. This Thunderbolt port also includes a DP pass-through from your discrete graphics card.
https://www.techpowerup.com/256005/asrock-unveils-x570-phantom-gaming-itx-tb3-motherboard
We are also waiting on E3 for full Navi info, coincidentally the week AFTER WWDC...?
Were did I put that specs list again...?
- 3990WX 64C/128T, 3.5GHZ/4.2GHz, 250W
- 3970WX 48C/96T, 3.5GHZ/4.2GHz, 250W
- 3950X 32C/64T, 3.7GHz/4.4GHz, 180W
- 3920X 24C/48T, 3.7GHz/4.4GHz, 180W
Memory: Quad-channel, ECC DDR4, eight DIMM slots, maximum 256GB BTO, 64GB standard (4 @ 16GB DIMMs), user serviceableSamsung A-die DIMMS, high-speed, low-latency, high-density, up to 32GB sticks
Storage: T2 (T3?) with dual Apple-proprietary SSDs in RAID, ~4GB/s read and write, 2 TB standard, up to 8 TB BTO
Graphics: PCIe 4.0, two triple-width slots (x16, x16), one double-width slot (x8)
- AMD Radeon VII, 7nm Vega 20, 60CU, 16GB HBM2
- AMD Radeon 5900, 7nm Navi 20, 64CU, 8GB GDDR6 (available Q2 2020)
- AMD Radeon 5800, 7nm Navi 10, 56CU, 8GB GDDR6
- AMD Radeon 5700, 7nm Navi 10, 48CU, 8GB GDDR6
Triple-width slots give dual-width GPUs room to breathex8 dual-width slot for the 12G SDI 8K video I/O folks, or a wicked fast NVMe-based RAID card
Ports: four TB3 / USB-C, four USB-A, dual 10Gb Ethernet, one 3.5mm headphone jack
But yeah, a Threadripper 3 Mac Pro could be pretty freaking sweet...