Intel Shows Off Conroe (Desktop) Processors
AnandTech provides coverage for Intel's presentations at the Intel Spring 2006 Developer Forum today.
Intel discussed their new "Core" microarchitecture which utilizes Intels' 65-nm manufacturing process. The Core Duo and Core Solo processors used in the iMac, Mac mini and MacBook Pro are already based on this new architecture. Intel is expected to offer a full line of 65-nm chips (Merom, Conroe and Woodcrest) in the second half of 2006.
These slides show what kind of performance is expected from Intel's upcoming processor lines:
- Merom (mobile) is said to offer 20% more performance than the Core Duo at the same battery life.
- Conroe (desktop) is said to offer 40% more performance at 40% less power than the Pentium D 950.
- Woodcrest (servers) is said to offer 80% more performance at 35% less power than the Xeon.
Intel performed some benchmarks of Conroe compared to the Pentium D 950. And Anandtech offers some benchmarks comparing gaming performance and media encoding on the two platforms.
Intel's Conroe processor is speculated to be the heart of the upcoming Intel PowerMac and is expected to be released in the second half of 2006.
Apple's announcement that WWDC will take place in August of this year would provide a convenient launching pad for Intel PowerMacs which were previously rumored/speculated to be delivered in September 2006.
Intel discussed their new "Core" microarchitecture which utilizes Intels' 65-nm manufacturing process. The Core Duo and Core Solo processors used in the iMac, Mac mini and MacBook Pro are already based on this new architecture. Intel is expected to offer a full line of 65-nm chips (Merom, Conroe and Woodcrest) in the second half of 2006.
These slides show what kind of performance is expected from Intel's upcoming processor lines:
- Merom (mobile) is said to offer 20% more performance than the Core Duo at the same battery life.
- Conroe (desktop) is said to offer 40% more performance at 40% less power than the Pentium D 950.
- Woodcrest (servers) is said to offer 80% more performance at 35% less power than the Xeon.
Intel performed some benchmarks of Conroe compared to the Pentium D 950. And Anandtech offers some benchmarks comparing gaming performance and media encoding on the two platforms.
Intel's Conroe processor is speculated to be the heart of the upcoming Intel PowerMac and is expected to be released in the second half of 2006.
Apple's announcement that WWDC will take place in August of this year would provide a convenient launching pad for Intel PowerMacs which were previously rumored/speculated to be delivered in September 2006.
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78 months ago
Doesn't this put PowerMacs at the same "power" as everyday PC's now if they use the same processor?
EDIT: Oh wait, the PowerMacs will still have Mac OS X. :D
EDIT: Oh wait, the PowerMacs will still have Mac OS X. :D
78 months ago
Great news, it's nice to see some of this made "official" by Intel, as all I had heard up to this point was unconfirmed #s.
Conroe PowerMacs are going to be great, and it will be nice to see the Xserve get Woodcrest. :cool:
Conroe PowerMacs are going to be great, and it will be nice to see the Xserve get Woodcrest. :cool:
78 months ago
Those specs are pretty impressive. Intel is looking more and more promising, but then we all knew that in the first place.
78 months ago
Conroe PowerMacs are going to be great, and it will be nice to see the Xserve get Woodcrest. :cool:
I dont know why, but I think the Merom chips will get the most attention. :cool:
78 months ago
If for nothing other than AnandTech's coverage of Intel, I am glad Apple switched. :)
78 months ago
Yay Merom! Even though I'll be getting a used 17'' pbook from a fellow macrumors.com guy, I'm just excited at the prospect of what the future holds for them. I'll be really interested to see what appears as a new form factor for the powerbook/mbp and powermacs in the probably not-too-distant future. Something that will make the current forms look old and lousy... :D
78 months ago
Merom sounds like a nice bump, but hardly earth-shattering... the others sound more impressive to me.
78 months ago
I dont know why, but I think the Merom chips will get the most attention. :cool:
They're getting all of my attention (a merom pb will hopefully be my first laptop).
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