How about a 4x, 8x and 16x M2 Max chiplet design which would have truly been next level...
> So Apple wasn't able to increase performance (or even ram capacity)
You were simply wrong. Why not just admit that?
The point is that Ultra remains the top of the line chip. There's no Mac Pro exclusive chip that lives on another level of performance.
The Pro chassis is an alternative enclosure for use cases that require PCI expansion cards for niche applications.
It’s disappointing that Apple wasn’t able to make something better than an Ultra chip and the RAM limit for the new Mac Pro has decreased and is no different to the studio.
That was entirely Bloomberg BSing. The people working on reverse-engineering Apple Silicon said that idea was infeasible all the way back in 2021.
But that ignores the entirely different chip design T6500 which was assumed to be for the new Mac Pro. No technical details of it ever leaked but its reasonable to assume it would offer higher performance than the T6002 chips which became M1 Max/Ultra
The thing about leaks is that they aren't confirmed and might, literally, not exist. In which case, you might be upset at Apple for not releasing a chip that they literally never made. Anyone can make up a fake chip number, create a Chinese account, and make a fake leak for clicks or the lulz, or reach out to a legitimate leaker and mislead them.
But let's say it did exist. You are assuming that it can be mass-produced, even in small quantities, without immense waste or excessive resources, or at a R&D cost or tooling cost so large that it will never break even. Some things are just experiments.