Intel's Penryn Xeon Processors Due in November
The first of the Penryn processors will be Xeon CPUs and come in 2.00GHz, 2.33GHz, 2.50GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.83GHz, 3.00GHz and 3.16GHz speeds with 1333MHz frontside buses. The 45nm chips are expected to be Quad-Core chips with 12MB of L2 cache.
Apple currently uses Xeon (server-class) processors in their Mac Pro computers. According to our Buyer's Guide the Mac Pro was last updated to an 8-Core configuration in April of this year. However, the base Quad-core configurations have not been updated since their first release in August 2006.
The current Mac Pros offer Quad-Core configurations of 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, and 3.0GHz (65nm, 4MB L2 Cache per Processor) and a 8-Core configuration at 3.0GHz (65nm, 8MB L2 Cache per Processor).
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So the top end speed increases by only 160MHz, but it's a real quad-core, has a larger cache and is 45nm, so uses less power and generates less heat ?
Define "real quad core".I think they need to slow down their updates on the Mac Pro's. They are trying to keep the computer competitively matched in speed but they are killing the resale value with the shorter shelf life since the intel switch.
What Mac Pro update? It's still stuck in August 2006.
Define "real quad core"..
4 cores on a single chip, as opposed to to 2 dual-core chips
I'm not sure what the "server-class" CPUs they are currently using provide that these Penryn chips lack, if anything.
These have a bigger cache, faster clocks, and a faster front-side bus, so it's hard to imaging that these wouldn't be an upgrade, right? :confused:
4 cores on a single chip, as opposed to to 2 dual-core chips
It's still 2 x 2 in Penryn.
I can't wait to see that in a notebook / imac, feel the burn.
Lucky Mac Pro users. Also the DDR3 will be amazing.
Oh well, next Mac for me is probably 2010.
I think they need to slow down their updates on the Mac Pro's. They are trying to keep the computer competitively matched in speed but they are killing the resale value with the shorter shelf life since the intel switch.
I believe that was meant with extreme sarcasm.All signs point to Tuesday November 13. God knows I've been plenty wrong before. But there's always hope. :D
I think they need to slow down their updates on the Mac Pro's. They are trying to keep the computer competitively matched in speed but they are killing the resale value with the shorter shelf life since the intel switch.
I'm praying that is sarcasm.[ Read All Comments ]
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