New Intel chips appropriate for a refreshed Mac Pro have been spotted in the Xcode 13 beta, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has confirmed that Apple is indeed preparing an updated version of the Intel-based Mac Pro.
The chip data added to the beta is for Intel’s third-generation Xeon Scalable processor, Ice Lake SP, which Intel announced back in April. According to Intel, the chip offers “advanced performance, security, efficiency, and built-in AI acceleration to handle IoT workloads and more powerful AI.”
Bloomberg in January said that Apple is developing two versions of the new Mac Pro, one that’s a direct successor to the 2019 Mac Pro and one that offers a smaller form factor that’s about half the size.
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