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Does your hope have any foundation in reality?

gjsman-1000 5y ago
Absolutely. Rumors that have been correct so far (and correctly predicted the M1 Pro and M1 Max 16 and 32 GPU core configurations) say that Apple is planning a 2 and 4 M1 Max multi-die design in the future. The M1 Max already has a die-to-die interconnect bus that is unused. Also, according to reverse engineer Hector Martin, the interrupt controller on the M1 Max theoretically allows for up to 8 M1 Max dies (though whether Apple is planning such an insane layout is unknown and unlikely.) If the (very likely) 2-die version is released, that'll be 64 Apple GPU cores. If the (likely) 4-die version is released, that'll be 128 Apple GPU cores. Coupled alongside that would be up to 32 Performance cores and 8 efficiency cores. That should be good competition for anything NVIDIA and Intel Xeon.
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- justsomehnguy 5y ago
  > That should be good competition for ... Intel Xeon. Poor Xeons with meager TBs of RAM.
  - smoldesu 5y ago
    Even if you managed to strap 4 M1 Max together, you'd only have enough memory lanes to drive 256gb of RAM.
GeekyBear 5y ago
The same guy who called the chips in the recent two MacBook Pro models made a prediction for the Mac Pro at the same time. >Gurman claims that Apple has developed two SoCs for the new Mac Pro, codenamed 'Jade 2C-Die' and 'Jade 4C-Die'. These SoCs would have 20 or 40 CPUs cores, which would be significantly more than anything Apple has planned for its MacBook range. Both have performance and power-saving clusters though, split 16/4 and 32/6. Gurman also expects 'Jade 2C-Die' and 'Jade 4C-Die' to feature 64 or 128 GPU cores, a huge uplift on the GPUs found in the current Mac Pro. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-is-reputedly-developing-a-Mac-Pro-with-up-to-40-CPU-and-128-GPU-cores-new-Mac-mini-with-powerful-SoC-being-worked-on-too.539981.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-is-reputedly-developing-...
olliej 5y ago
No, that’s why I said that I hope … :)

Absolutely. Rumors that have been correct so far (and correctly predicted the M1 Pro and M1 Max 16 and 32 GPU core configurations) say that Apple is planning a 2 and 4 M1 Max multi-die design in the future. The M1 Max already has a die-to-die interconnect bus that is unused. Also, according to reverse engineer Hector Martin, the interrupt controller on the M1 Max theoretically allows for up to 8 M1 Max dies (though whether Apple is planning such an insane layout is unknown and unlikely.) If the (very likely) 2-die version is released, that'll be 64 Apple GPU cores. If the (likely) 4-die version is released, that'll be 128 Apple GPU cores. Coupled alongside that would be up to 32 Performance cores and 8 efficiency cores. That should be good competition for anything NVIDIA and Intel Xeon.

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justsomehnguy 5y ago
> That should be good competition for ... Intel Xeon. Poor Xeons with meager TBs of RAM.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  Even if you managed to strap 4 M1 Max together, you'd only have enough memory lanes to drive 256gb of RAM.

GeekyBear 5y ago

The same guy who called the chips in the recent two MacBook Pro models made a prediction for the Mac Pro at the same time. >Gurman claims that Apple has developed two SoCs for the new Mac Pro, codenamed 'Jade 2C-Die' and 'Jade 4C-Die'. These SoCs would have 20 or 40 CPUs cores, which would be significantly more than anything Apple has planned for its MacBook range. Both have performance and power-saving clusters though, split 16/4 and 32/6. Gurman also expects 'Jade 2C-Die' and 'Jade 4C-Die' to feature 64 or 128 GPU cores, a huge uplift on the GPUs found in the current Mac Pro. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-is-reputedly-developing-a-Mac-Pro-with-up-to-40-CPU-and-128-GPU-cores-new-Mac-mini-with-powerful-SoC-being-worked-on-too.539981.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-is-reputedly-developing-...

olliej 5y ago

No, that’s why I said that I hope … :)