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I agree this article is sloppily written, Gurman has a strong track record of having the inside scoop on Apple's plans. Essentially all this article is really

I agree this article is sloppily written, Gurman has a strong track record of having the inside scoop on Apple's plans. Essentially all this article is really saying is "Expect Apple to release a half-size mac pro in 2022 as the last, most powerful new product". That's it. There's no clue about discrete graphics, NUMA, power budgets etc. It could be that that new mac pro is heading back towards the non-expandable trash-can style design. All they really know is that there's going to be something in the mac pro space in 2022 and that's the last direct replacement to Intel Macs Apple are making.

ogre_codes 6y ago
> "Expect Apple to release a half-size mac pro in 2022 as the last, most powerful new product" Even this piece of info can be extrapolated from statement's Apple has made public. They've said they were migrating their entire product line within 2 years. The Mac Pro is part of that product line. The only questions are how Apple is going to get there and on that front it's pretty clear this article is pure speculation. Will the Mac Pro have integrated graphics or a discrete GPU? Maybe someone at AMD knows this based on order volume? Likewise, are they using external RAM, soldered on the logic board, or user-serviceable RAM? How is performance going to compare to current top end processors? Those are the only questions, and the answers here are pure speculation. It's likely only a handful of people at Apple even know the answers to these things.