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Enguqulweni ye-beta ye-Xcode 13, ama-Intel chips amasha afanele i-Mac Pro abonwe, okwamanje anikezela nge-Intel Xeon W ye-28-core. Lena yi-Intel Ice Lake SP, eyethulwe yinkampani ngo-Ephreli walo nyaka. Inikeza ukusebenza okuthuthukile, ukuphepha, ukusebenza kahle kanye nobuhlakani bokwenziwa obunamandla. Futhi njengoba kubonakala, i-Apple ngeke ihlomise imishini yayo kuphela ngama-chips ayo e-Apple Silicon. 

Hhayi-ke, okungenani okwamanje futhi ngokuqondene nemishini enamandla kakhulu. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi uchungechunge lwe-iMac Pro selunqanyuliwe kakade, kodwa kunokuqagela okuthakazelisayo mayelana ne-14 ne-16" MacBooks Pro entsha. Uma singabali i-iMac enkulu kune-24" eyodwa, futhi okungaziwa cishe uma inkampani isebenza ngayo, sisele neMac Pro. Uma le khompyutha eyimojula ithola i-chip ye-Apple Silicon SoC, izoyeka ukuba yimodyuli.

I-SoC kanye nokuphela kwe-modularity 

Isistimu ku-chip iyisekhethi ehlanganisiwe ehlanganisa zonke izingxenye zekhompuyutha noma olunye uhlelo lwe-elekthronikhi ku-chip eyodwa. Ingabandakanya izifunda zedijithali, ze-analog nezixubile, kanye namasekhethi omsakazo ngokuvamile - konke ku-chip eyodwa. Lezi zinhlelo zivame kakhulu kuma-electronics eselula ngenxa yokusebenzisa kwawo amandla amancane. Ngakho-ke ubungeke uguqule ingxenye eyodwa ku-Mac Pro enjalo.

Futhi yingakho manje kungaba yisikhathi sokugcina iMac Pro yamanje iphila ngaphambi kokuthi iphothifoliyo yonke ye-Apple ishintshele kuma-chips e-M1 nabalandelayo. Esethulweni se-Apple Silicon, inkampani yathi ifuna ukuqeda inguquko esuka ku-Intel kungakapheli iminyaka emibili. Manje, ngemuva kwe-WWDC21, sesiphakathi kwaleso sikhathi, ngakho-ke akukho lutho oluvimba i-Apple ukuthi yethule omunye umshini onamandla we-Intel. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iMac Pro inomklamo ongaphelelwa isikhathi, njengoba yethulwa eWWDC ngo-2019.

Ukusebenzisana kwakamuva ne-Intel 

Imininingwane mayelana ne-Mac Pro entsha ene-Intel chip inikezwa isisindo esengeziwe yiqiniso lokuthi iqinisekiswe nguMark Gurman, umhlaziyi we-Bloomberg onezinga lempumelelo elingu-89,1% lolwazi lwakhe (ngokusho AppleTrack.com). Kodwa-ke, i-Bloomberg yabika kakade ngoJanuwari ukuthi i-Apple yenza izinguqulo ezimbili ze-Mac Pro entsha, elandela ngokuqondile umshini wamanje. Kodwa-ke, kufanele babe ne-chassis eklanywe kabusha, okufanele ibe yingxenye yesayizi yamanje, futhi kulokhu kungase kugwetshwe ukuthi ama-chips e-Apple Silicon azobe ekhona kakade. Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi i-Apple ingase isebenze kuzo, zingase zingathulwa kuze kube unyaka noma emibili kusukela manje, noma zingase zibe umlandeli weMac mini. Ezibikezelweni ezinethemba elikhulu, nokho, kufanele kube ama-Apple Silicon chips afika ku-128 GPU cores nama-40 CPU cores.

Ngakho-ke uma kukhona iMac Pro entsha kulo nyaka, izoba yintsha kuphela nge-chip yayo. Kungase futhi kwahlulelwe ukuthi i-Apple ngeke ifune ukuziqhayisa kakhulu ngokuthi isasebenza ne-Intel, ngakho-ke izindaba zizomenyezelwa kuphela ngendlela yokukhishwa kwabezindaba, okuyinto engeyona into ekhethekile, kusukela inkampani yagcina ukwethula. I-AirPods Max yayo kanje. Kunoma yikuphi, i-Ice Lake SP cishe izoba ukuphela kokubambisana phakathi kwemikhiqizo emibili. Futhi njengoba iMac Pro iyithuluzi eligxile kakhulu, awukwazi ukulindela ukuthengiswa okuvela kuyo.

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