Apple is developing two versions of the Mac Pro to succeed the Mac Pro, which was first launched in December 2019, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
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The first updated Mac Pro is a direct successor to the current Mac Pro and will use the same design. It can also be equipped with Intel processors instead of Apple’s silicon chips, and may be one of the only machines in the Mac line to continue to rely on Intel technology. Rumors suggest that most other machines are making the transition to Apple silicon.
The second machine will use Apple’s silicon chips and will be less than half the size of the current “Mac Pro”, placing it somewhere between the existing “Mac Pro” and the Mac mini. It will have a mostly aluminum exterior, and Bloomberg suggests that it could “invoke nostalgia” for the Power Mac G4 Cube.
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Apple is testing Apple’s silicon chips with up to 32 high-performance cores for its desktops, and 16- to 32-core graphics options are also in development. For its next-generation machines, however, Apple is developing more expensive 64- and 128-core GPUs, which would be several times faster than the graphics options Apple uses from AMD.
It is not known when the two new Mac Pro models can be launched. Apple is working on the transition from its Mac line to Apple’s silicon chips, a process that should take up to two years to complete. In a previous report, Bloomberg said Apple’s “Mac Pro” silicon was planned to launch in 2022.