Apple’s previous Mac Pro was introduced in 2019 and since then Apple has transitioned every other Mac to its own chip architecture, starting with the M1 in November 2020 followed by the M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra, then the M2 in June 2022, and M2 Pro and M2 Max in January 2023. The Mac Pro, which was still using an ageing Intel processor, was looking very dated.
Finally, four yearsalso been updated with the same M2 Ultra chip – see page 21.