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Another huge tech story today.
For newbies, this is a complicated story. I will come back to it later and explain what's going on, what it all means.
It affects computer scientists, engineers, high-end developers. This does not affect you or me. As consumers or investors. But it's hugely interesting. Hugely entertaining.
More later.
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Here's My Take -- Part One
This is the Apple Mac Pro.
It's been around forever.
It's why Apple is the first $3-trillion company (market cap).
It's Apple's most powerful, most versatile computer. It's for an elite group of Apple developers. It's not for the rest of us.
It sells for over $7,000.
It is updated regularly, and then geeks take it for a ride, just to see how fast it really is. Generally it's compared to Intel chips, once the company that set the standard for chips and speed.
Here are the latest "speed" results. The contestants.
Two contestants (Intel vs Apple) each with two configurations:
In lane one: the highest-end Intel-based Mac Pro with a (holy mackerel look at this) 28-core Xeon W processor: cost? It starts at $12,999. Remember this is an Apple Mac Pro using an Intel-processor; two configurations:
- single-core
- multi-core
In lane two: the new Apple-chip Mac Pro, two configurations
- single-core
- multi-core
Results:
- first race, single core:
- in lane one: INTEL MAC PRO speed, single core: 1,378 mph
- in lane two: APPLE MAC PRO speed, single core: 2,794 mph
- first race, multi-core:
- in lane two: INTEL MAC PRO speed, multi-core: 10,390 mph
- in lane one: APPLE MAC PRO speed, multi-core: 21,453 mph
Again:
- Intel best: 10,390 mph
- Apple: 21,453 mph
Price:
- Intel best: starts at $12,999
- Apple: $6,999
In other words, buy the top-of-the line Intel-based Apple Mac Pro for twice the cost of the Apple M2 Mac Pro and get half the speed.
Wow.
But there is so much more. We'll talk about that later.
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