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Apple Gives Sneak Peek Into the Future of the Pro Desktop

SAN FRANCISCO-June 10, 2013-Apple today showed a sneak peek into the

future of the pro desktop with a first look at the next generation Mac

Pro. Designed around a revolutionary unified thermal core, the Mac Pro

introduces a completely new pro desktop architecture and design that

is optimised for performance inside and out. With next generation Xeon

processors, dual workstation-class GPUs, Thunderbolt 2, PCIe-based

flash storage, and ultra-fast ECC memory, the new 9.9-inch tall Mac

Pro packs an amazing amount of power into an incredibly small package.

"With the latest Xeon processors, dual FirePro GPUs, ECC memory,

PCIe-based flash and Thunderbolt 2, all built around a revolutionary

thermal core, the next generation Mac Pro is the most radical Mac

yet," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide

Marketing. "All this performance and expandability is packed into a

dramatic new design that's one-eighth the volume, and best of all, it

will be assembled here in the USA."

The next generation Mac Pro is architected around an ingenious unified

thermal core that allows the desktop to efficiently share its entire

thermal capacity across all the processors. The result is a pro

desktop with breakthrough performance packed into a design that is

one-eighth the volume of the current Mac Pro. Next generation Intel

Xeon E5 processors with up to 12 core configurations deliver double

the floating point performance. With two AMD FirePro workstation-class

GPUs, the all-new Mac Pro is up to 2.5 times faster than the current

Mac Pro and delivers up to an amazing 7 teraflops of compute power.

The new Mac Pro also features PCIe-based flash storage that is up to

10 times faster than conventional desktop hard drives and includes the

latest four-channel ECC DDR3 memory running at 1866 MHz to deliver up

to 60GBps of memory bandwidth.* With all that power, the new Mac Pro

lets you seamlessly edit full-resolution 4K video while simultaneously

rendering effects in the background.

The next generation Mac Pro is the most expandable Mac ever built.

With six Thunderbolt 2 ports that can deliver up to 20Gbps of

bandwidth to each external device, Mac Pro is perfect for connecting

to external storage, multiple PCI expansion chassis, audio and video

breakout boxes, and the latest external displays, including 4K desktop

displays. Each of the six Thunderbolt 2 ports supports up to six

daisy-chained devices, giving you the ability to connect up to 36

high-performance peripherals. Thunderbolt 2 is completely backwards

compatible with existing Thunderbolt peripherals, and allows you to

transfer data between Macs faster and easier than ever.

The next generation Mac Pro will be available later this year. To

learn more, visit www.apple.com/mac-pro.

*Performance claims are based on technical specifications of

preproduction Mac Pro hardware as of June 2013.

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