This blog post comments that "Consider Larrabee, Intel’s project to create a massively multi-core x86-based GPU. Rumor has it that Apple was working on integrat

This blog post comments that "Consider Larrabee, Intel’s project to create a massively multi-core x86-based GPU. Rumor has it that Apple was working on integrating the technology into a Mac Pro. Intel eventually scuttled the project, but consider what would have happened if it had taken off, reshaping the GPU market in the process." and while Intel has not released a consumer oriented graphics card based on Larrabee, they have released a card called the Xeon Phi based on this tech. For the HPC world the card has the potential to compete well with nvidia and ati's gpu compute offerings. It's a specialized chunk of hardware for sure, but it is not a failure. http://insidehpc.com/2013/03/05/benchmarking-intel-xeon-phi-vs-sandy-bridge/ http://insidehpc.com/2013/03/05/benchmarking-intel-xeon-phi-... As for an updated Mac Pro, all I can do is chuckle. Apple cares about selling high profit margin consumer electronics items to millions of consumers. Apple has long long ago dropped any concern for people who were "professional mac users" (see shake, final cut pro, etc. etc. etc.)