Apple's M7 Ultra Chip Designed to Match a 2019 Mac Pro Feat

[DailySlow]

This is going to be the first Mac to break the $100,000 barrier.

My question is can it successfully land on a floating barge without toppling over?

 

[now i see it]

To put things into perspective:

What are the typical RAM specifications for Nvidia-powered AI processors?

Typical RAM specifications for Nvidia-powered AI processors can vary, but high-performance models often feature up to 128GB of unified memory. This allows for efficient handling of complex AI models and tasks.
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So this mythical M7 Ultra chip wouldn’t be just for on device AI processing.

 

[ChrisA]

I’d have to sell my car, my house, even my wife if I’d want to buy this

Not at all. This high-end computer is for people who expect to use it to make money. It is like any other business investment.

People are running large AI models on these and have done the math and determined they will have more money if they buy the computer than if they didn't.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Because there will always be people that need 1.5 TB of Ram! Trust me there will be that guy that will always say “you can never have enough RAM” 👌🙃

I see you’ve met John Siracusa 😂

 

[svish]

Very possible. Cannot begin to imagine how expensive this model will be.

 

[Tyler O'Bannon]

Looks like memory bandwidth will be well in the ballpark of 1TB/s, which is a huge threshold for AI. Not to mention that M7 will be very AI centric already

 

[nt5672]

Wonder if I can power it from my wood stove.

I do have a creek in the back yard, maybe if I put it in the creek it will run cooler and therefor faster?

But, then again my cat is already complaining the computer does not get warm enough.

 

[TheLastDogcow]

I'd be willing to pay up to $5k for a Mac Studio that gave me enough memory bandwidth and context size to run a local LLM comparable to what I can get w/ OpenAI, Anthropic, manus, and openclaw. Sadly, I think we'll be looking at something close to $100k

 

[Virtually]

Apple is able to do today what Intel did 7 or 8 years ago. Apple- leading from behind, way behind.

 

[Virtually]

You can never have enough RAM 😉

128Tb Is the sweet spot

 

[All Taken]

I'd be willing to pay up to $5k for a Mac Studio that gave me enough memory bandwidth and context size to run a local LLM comparable to what I can get w/ OpenAI, Anthropic, manus, and openclaw. Sadly, I think we'll be looking at something close to $100k

You won't get anything close to frontier, even for 100k

 

[CarAnalogy]

I would like to see it perform some of the 2019 Mac pro feats like discrete GPUs, storage bays, booting Windows, etc...

 

[abcmax]

The price will be comparable to the GDP of a small country.

 

[Boil]

Because there will always be people that need 1.5 TB of Ram! Trust me there will be that guy that will always say “you can never have enough RAM” 👌🙃

You can never have enough RAM 😉

128Tb Is the sweet spot

1PB or Bust...! ;^p

 

[555gallardo]

Because there will always be people that need 1.5 TB of Ram! Trust me there will be that guy that will always say “you can never have enough RAM” 👌🙃

Such as these two

 

[All Taken]

Such as these two

Sam, collector of all things Apple, apparently.

 

[555gallardo]

Sam, collector of all things Apple, apparently.

Especially those confidential

 

[Nyx1]

2028? does this mean M7 ultra will be digital because ponystations say all physical dead early 2028 maybe Apple selling them with DRM and download the chip

 

[963852741]

I will need to sell my kidney collection for this.

 

[acorntoy]

Because there will always be people that need 1.5 TB of Ram! Trust me there will be that guy that will always say “you can never have enough RAM” 👌🙃

“I’m using 1% of my ram - should I be concerned that my computer will start using swap and degrade its life?”

 

[velocityg4]

This is going to be the first Mac to break the $100,000 barrier.

Pretty sure a fully kitted out IIfx could break that. Before counting inflation. Possibly a Macintosh II or IIx. Since memory cost even more.

 

[DamoTheBrave]

Probably quite good for After Effects. 64gb can be easily used in a few seconds of effects heavy tracks. And very good for on-device AI too.

 

[Mlbkiwi]

I foolishly waited thinking the M5 Mac Studios would come out - and at this point, it'll be way too far into the release cycle (and with current price increases). I likely will wait for the M7 series.

My feelings, and plan, exactly. They have missed the boat.

 

[djjuice80]

You can buy a house or a Mac Pro

 

[ThailandToo]

Because there will always be people that need 1.5 TB of Ram! Trust me there will be that guy that will always say “you can never have enough RAM” 👌🙃

With AI models, this is definitely true.