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Apple M2, Pro, Max, Ulra, Extreme

Apple's M1 progression to Pro, Max and Ultra can be extrapolated to M2. VersionCPU CoresGPU CoresM187/8M1 Pro8/1014/16M1 Max1024/32M1 Ultra2048/64M2 versions: VersionCPU CoresGPU CoresM288/10M2 Pro10/1216/19M2 Max1230/38M2 Ultra2460/76M2 Extreme48120/152The Mac mini M2 is available with M2 and M2 Pro

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Apple Launch Events 2H2022

MaX expects multiple Apple Launch Events during the second half of 2022. Sadly, Apple's Mac Pro is not up for launch in 2022; however, it is up for launchnin 1H2023 with a hope it will be launched in 1Q2023. September 1. iPhone 2. iPhone Pro 3. Watch 4.

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2023 USB-C iPhones and iPads

Rumours are circulating Apple is testing USB Type-C ports on various iPhone models. This raises the question of commonality with the iPad Pro which now offers Apple Silicon M1 from the Mac lineup which affords the iPad Pro Thunderbolt 3/USB4 Gen 3x2 at up to 40 Gbps.

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Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max

Apple's latest MacBook Pro looks at professional users instead of enterprise users. An interesting mix of ports it used to have before Apple decided sleek single-type ports were the answer.

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Apple Lightning 2 Based on Thunderbolt 4

Having seen the surge in Thunderbolt 4 and its backwards-compatibility to Thunderbolt 3 (useful for full bandwith, non-breakout (via hubs) buses), my proposal for Lighting 2 to be based on USB4 should be superseded by this Thunderbolt 4 proposal.

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Apple M2 Needs an FPGA

I would like to see a pro-user programmable FPGA in Apple's M2 Max SoC if Apple continues its nomenclature.

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M1 Mac mini - Not Powerful Enough

For five years, MaX used a 12-inch MacBook "Core m7" 1.3 12" (Early 2016) [https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-m7-1.3-12-early-2016-specs.html] and offload nearly everything to Intel NUCs, cloud servers, local servers, etc. That ended when MaX's preordered top-of-the-range M1 Mac

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MPX AMD Radeon Pro Update

Apple added three new MPX modules with latest AMD Radeon Pro GPUs. AMD Radeon Pro W6800X 60 compute units, 3,840 stream processors 32GB of GDDR6 memory with 512GB/s memory bandwidth Up to 16.0 teraflops single precision or 32.0 teraflops half precision Infinity Fabric Link connection enables

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Tim Cook Dishonesty - 10 GE Mac mini

The 2020 Mac mini with Apple Silicon shipped without 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Not a massive problem to most Mac mini purchasers; however, I have a 10 GE network. All of the articles claiming they had direct communication with Apple was Apple Silicon M1 did not support 10 GE because it

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Apple Capped at $2.25 Trillion

Apple is not in trouble being stuck around $2.25 Trillion - this is not a bad thing. $115 to $145 is the range MaX expects Apple to be ponging for the next 12 to 24 months.

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Apple 2021 eGPU Module

> 2020 Apple Mac mini M1 does not currently support any external graphics Check out my previous article on Apple Silicon M1 + eGPU [https://blog.maxsaxe.design/2020/11/24/apple-silicon-m1-egpu] > 2020 Apple Mac mini M1 does not currently support any external graphics Check out my previous article on

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2020 Apple Mac mini M1 @ 8K UHD

USB 4 will include VESA DisplayPort 2.0 capable of driving 8K and 16K; this capability has not been ratified by VESA or USB. The Mac mini M1's GPU and TB/USB 4 controller could be firmware-updatable to support DisplayPort 2.0.

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Apple Lightning 2.0 Proposal

Lighting should be an Apple-private form of USB 4.0. Full USB 4.0 can fit into a modified Lightning port.

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2020 Apple Mac mini M1 @ 2 x 6K

Can you ditch the use of the HDMI 2.0 port on the 2020 Mac mini M1 to use both Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports to drive two 6K monitors? Both Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports can drive displays. The M1 GPU should be capable of driving two 6K displays; it may be able to support two 8K displays.

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2020 Apple Mac mini M1 + eGPU

Three GPUs (one iGPU, two eGPU) for a monster-graphics output 2021 Mac mini M1. 6 x 6K displays 6 x 6016 x 3384 = 122,148,864 pixels

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2021 Apple Mac Cube

I received my top-of-the-range 2021 Apple Mac mini M1 with 16 GB DDR4 RAM and 2 TB NVMe flash 23rd January 2021. 2021 Apple Mac Cube 1. 16-core CPU 2. 16-core GPU 3. 32-core Neural Engine 4. 64 GB DDR4 RAM 5. 8 TB NVMe flash

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Apple Silicon M1 + eGPU

Apple Silicon M1 detects a Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure and any Thunderbolt monitors daisy-chained from the Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure; however, the GPU in the Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure does not function correctly to display anything on any tested monitors.

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Intel Apple is Over

Intel Apple is over - not a minute too soon. Bring on the Armageddon!

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Time is Up for Apple ❤️ Intel

Apple is kicking out Intel. Apple bought Intel's flailing 5G division which had been supported by Apple in the hopes the 5G silicon could be used in SoCs/SIPs for Apple devices. Apple and Intel added their Thunderbolt partnership to USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) for the USB 4

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Apple MacBook Pro Display Connectivity

Apple's Mac Pro with two AMD Radeon Pro VEGA II Duo MPX modules is capable of a maximum of 162,865,152 pixels. Apple's MacBook Pro with four AMD Radeon VIII GPUs is capable of a maximum of 438,847,488 pixels.

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Apple Mac Pro Display Connectivity

If Apple's Thunderbolt routing had taken into account all of the display capabilities of these GPUs and had utilised the 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes from an AMD Epyc 7002-series processor, the four GPU combo would be capable of driving sixteen 4K displays with resolutions of 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz.

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Mac Pro Goes Mad for Graphics and Displays

How many displays and pixels can a Mac Pro handle when using all 12 Thunderbolt ports to drive eGPUs (Radeon VII) with three 8K and one 4K display and eight Pro Display XDRs daisy-chained to the eGPU enclosures. 1,470,504,960 pixels

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MaX & the 2019 Mac Pro

2019 Mac Pro is not good enough for MaX

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A New Apple vs. An Older Apple

As expected, the prices for the 2019 MacBook Pro are lower than the 2018 MacBook Pro whilst improving most components.

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What does MaX run on?

I use macOS as my front-line OS. I run macOS on Macs and virtualised on servers and workstations running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). I run Kubernetes on macOS and RHEL via the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. I use Fedora, RHEL, FreeBSD, FreeNAS, TrueNAS and a selection of other