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  • Anticipation over Apple's new modular Mac Pro mounts as first iffy renderings hit the web

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    Processors: 7nm Zen 2 Ryzen Threadripper 3
    • 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 serviceable

    Samsung 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 breathe
    x8 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
    HwGeek

  • AMD launches RX 5000-series graphics cards with 7nm Navi GPUs

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    wizard69 said:
    macronin said:
    MplsP said:
    Interesting that AMD is using a 7nm process while Intel is struggling to get a 10nm process for its processors. 
    All the more reason for Apple to go AMD (Threadripper 3) for the new modular Mac Pro...

    As for the whole Thunderbolt 3 thing, both of the new X570 AM4 motherboards listed on the ASRock website are tagged as "Thunderbolt 3" ready, and ASRock offers a TB3 AIC...

    I really think Apple has been waiting on TB3 support for the AMD platform(s) & Threadripper 3 for the modular Mac Pro...

    Another week & we may know...! ;^p
    A beautiful dream!   AMD in the last couple of years has made significant advances while Intel has gone backwards.  The playing field has been leveled for the most part.  

    For one one thing I’d love to see more Zen2 based hardware from Apple.  These are excellent processors for a number of Apple platforms.   With AMDs range and pricing Apple could lower prices ad raise performance on a number of platforms.  
    An AM4 socket-based Mac would be great, use the ASRock TB3 ITX board & you have the xMac...!
    watto_cobra

  • Anticipation over Apple's new modular Mac Pro mounts as first iffy renderings hit the web

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    Here is to hoping WWDC brings us Threadripper 3 powered modular Mac Pros...!
    HwGeek

  • Honey I Shrunk the Chips: How die shrinks help make processors more powerful

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    AppleInsider said:
    As companies like Intel and TSMC plan future processors and chip designs that use extremely small scale production processes...
    Well, Intel PLANS smaller future processors, but they just cannot seem to actually manufacture smaller future processors...
    watto_cobra

  • AMD launches RX 5000-series graphics cards with 7nm Navi GPUs

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    MplsP said:
    Interesting that AMD is using a 7nm process while Intel is struggling to get a 10nm process for its processors. 
    All the more reason for Apple to go AMD (Threadripper 3) for the new modular Mac Pro...

    As for the whole Thunderbolt 3 thing, both of the new X570 AM4 motherboards listed on the ASRock website are tagged as "Thunderbolt 3" ready, and ASRock offers a TB3 AIC...

    I really think Apple has been waiting on TB3 support for the AMD platform(s) & Threadripper 3 for the modular Mac Pro...

    Another week & we may know...! ;^p
    watto_cobra