I think that chip is the biggest news on this new Mac Pro though as that could be a game changer for video editing (which is what the new Mac Pro seems targeted pretty explicitly at). I got chastised on Ars for calling it an ASIC (when Apple themselves called it a programmable ASIC.), partly because I criticized Apple for other things. Other than these two innovations, it looks like typical Apple - cool design surrounding stock hardware priced astronomically for the privilege of running MacOS. Any idea of how/if this kind of tech could come to PCs in the future (or soon?). This seems to all be made possible by their custom optional extension to the PCIe16x port. In addition, it appears you can then effectively SLI two of these cards together. I don't see anything on PC like this but it could bring GPU computations next level. Basically it looks like "SLI" with better power and bandwidth and connectivity, for a better SLI experience without the headache. Next, they have this new MDX development - basically looks like a PCIe 16x slot with an extra connection point to pump more throughput and power into a card, and allow for 2 GPU Cards in a singular case. What is this hardware, how is it different than a GPU/CPU, and is there (slash WILL there be) a PC equivalent? Basically seems like a GPU acceleration card designed for 2D video streams, not 3D graphics, and it would be nice to put on into a PC video editing rig for a decent price. New MacPro's Afterburner card pushes 6 billion pixels per second or something, designed for video editors working with 4K/8K ProRes and ProRes RAW.
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