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Woodcrest Processor in the PowerMac?

Sunday April 23, 2006 8:18 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Several sites have pointed to a Computerworld article which reports on Intel's upcoming low-power processors Merom (mobile), Woodcrest (server) and Conroe (desktop).

The article references comments by Intel's Asia Pacific sales and marketing group general manager, however, it also provides this (uncredited) tidbit:

Apple customers may be the first to enjoy Intels new CPU goodies, with the Woodcrest family of processors making it into Macintosh workstations as early as the third quarter. Woodcrest systems will be symmetric multi processing (SMP), with dual processors with up to four cores each. One such machine was demonstrated at IDF, running benchmarks under Windows XP 64-bit edition, showing eight active cores.


There have been no previous rumors about the use of Woodcrest in any Macs. Conroe has been speculated to be the processor used in the upcoming PowerMac, but at this time it all remains speculative.
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Peyton
76 months ago
Eight cores?!? I kind of saw this coming but seriously, I don't know what I would need all that for! I'm sure I could make something up...:D
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zap2
76 months ago
snap that would ROCK because the iMac would likly use Cornoe, which would rock
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DMann
76 months ago

snap that would ROCK because the iMac would likly use Cornoe, which would rock


Woodcrest would put Apple way ahead of the competition.......
Since Leopard will be optimized to take full advantage of
multiple core chips, eight cores will fly sky high....
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carlos700
76 months ago
A Power Mac with two dual-core woodcrest processors would be awesome! :cool:
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miloblithe
76 months ago

Woodcrest would pull Apple way ahead of the competition.......


Wouldn't the competition use the same thing?
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maximumbarkly
76 months ago

Wouldn't the competition use the same thing?


moot point. It just means that the Powermac will remain the high end machine it always was.

Also keep in mind that OS X could probably take advantage of this better than XP or Vista.
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Mord
76 months ago
anyone who seriously thought apple would use conroe in the powermac is retarded, seriously why would apple go from a quad G5 to a single dual core intel core, it would just look lame.

sseriously who said that conroe was the powermac cpu replacement, whoever did should be added to my retard hall of fame.

woodcrest -> powermac, xserve

conroe -> imac

yonah, merom -> macbook/macbook pro/mac mini

no the imac will not overheat with conroe not too long ago the imac had a 2.1GHz G5 in it the core duo is used at the moment as it's the only decent intel cpu.
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KindredMAC
76 months ago
...And what is the real attraction for anyone to buy a PowerMac/Pro Mac if it comes out this September? Other than Audio/Video Apple Apps, Adobe has stated that CS3 won't be out until FIRST HALF next year.

Unless 4 cores can make a difference in Rosetta I just don't see any pluses until Adobe is Universal.... but that's me being a Mac Graphic Artist.
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ChoMomma
76 months ago
Here's some screenshots of benchmarks done on early versions of the woodcrest cpu.



Enjoy :D
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Spanky Deluxe
76 months ago
Eight cores?? How expensive is that going to be?!! :-O

The Quad G5 costs enough as it is but an eight core machine, Intel or not will probably clock in at 1-2k extra on the quad's price. That's just getting ridiculous!!
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