Re: [Avid-L2] New Mac Pro

My point was the paradigm. Choice of words mirror that paradigm. And the
technology for super gpu power over a cable is not far off at all.

On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Dom Q. Silverio wrote:

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> You can't get "super GPU power" out of Thunderbolt.
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> Dom Q. Silverio
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> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM, namyrb <namyrb@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'namyrb%40gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
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> > Thunderbolt is pcie. By logic, If pcie is on life support then
> thunderbolt
> > is also on life support. If thunderbolt is the future (it's not), then it
> > just means that our desktops will be made of many boxes instead of one
> > single box... Using the same exact connections for expansion...
> >
> > It kind of makes sense for apple to do this if their mission statement is
> > to make everything simpler for the user. You need fast raid? Plug it in.
> > Done. Go. Work. You need super gpu power? Buy a box. Plug it in. Go.
> Work.
> > Etc. etc. Don't have to learn anything, just plug it in the back.
> >
> > On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Dennis Kutchera wrote:
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> > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:11 AM, David Chmura <dchmura.lists@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'dchmura.lists%40gmail.com');>
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> > > > ...PCI is on life-support anyhow. I presume Avid is not that
> surprised
> > > > by this development.
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> > > >
> > > I don't see how you can draw this conclusion when the new Mac Pro (and
> > > MacBook Air) use PCIe connected flash storage for greater throughput.
> > It's
> > > a direct connection to the CPU. Apple has not put it on life support,
> > > they've barricaded your access to it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dennis Kutchera
> > > Halifax, NS Canada
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