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From: Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
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Subject: Re: Explore the new system architectire of Apple Silicon Macs
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:53:44 -0000 (UTC)
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In message <rf7pa2$rnb$1@dont-email.me> sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> On 7/21/2020 1:24 PM, JF Mezei wrote:

> <snip>

>> The 2013 MacPro did not reuse the cabinet from the 2012 MacPro (a 
>> cabinet which had spanned a number of generations).
>> 
>> You seem confident a new Mac Pro will support PCI-e and all sorts of 
>> external cards. It is not yet clear to me that Apple will want to 

<snip>

>> So it remains to be seen.

> True.

Not really.

> There are a lot of issues to consider. Developing a PCI-E chipset will 
> be in addition to the CPU development. If you want to drive 8K monitors 
> then Thunderbolt 3 isn't fast enough, you need PCI-E.

Apple has already announced new machines will support Thunderbolt, and
that means PCIe, so this is not a question *at all*.

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