Mac Pro Suitable Nehalem (Core i7) Processors Due in 1st Quarter 2009
Digitimes reports that Intel is planning on launching the Xeon 5500 and Xeon 3500 series of server CPUs in the first quarter of 2009. These new processors are based on the Nehalem architecture which has been officially branded as Core i7.
According to Digitimes, Intel will launch ten CPUs for the Xeon 5500 series with the high end topping out as a quad-core W5580 running at 3.2GHz. Processor speeds of the remaining 9 models range from 2GHz to 2.93Ghz.
Apple has traditionally used the Xeon server-class processors for their Mac Pro line. The current Mac Pro uses the Xeon ("Harpertown") 5400 series processors and is due for an update. Despite comparable clock speeds, the Nehalem-based processors have been shown to offer clock-for-clock performance improvements up to 29%.
According to Digitimes, Intel will launch ten CPUs for the Xeon 5500 series with the high end topping out as a quad-core W5580 running at 3.2GHz. Processor speeds of the remaining 9 models range from 2GHz to 2.93Ghz.
Apple has traditionally used the Xeon server-class processors for their Mac Pro line. The current Mac Pro uses the Xeon ("Harpertown") 5400 series processors and is due for an update. Despite comparable clock speeds, the Nehalem-based processors have been shown to offer clock-for-clock performance improvements up to 29%.
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42 months ago
Woo-hoo!
New Mac-Pro for post Christmas!
I just wish they would introduce something faster than 3.2 though.
New Mac-Pro for post Christmas!
I just wish they would introduce something faster than 3.2 though.
42 months ago
Add in Snow Leopard and I'm in for 2.
Ah, tru dat. Snow Leopard on these should fly.
42 months ago
This has caused me to definitely raise one eyebrow, hopefully this will show apples commitment to the pro market which has been a little neglected recently imho. This will be the new ultimate workstation and not an incremental update i wonder if it will be launched with snow leopard ?:cool:
42 months ago
Sounds like it won't be ready in January. Looking forward to some benchmarks with Snow Leopard. I wish it was a huge jump of 400% to 500% faster like when the switch to Intel was announced.
42 months ago
good to hear.. hopefully the MBP will be next to see this!! im still waiting to upgrade for the MBP version with Nehalem
42 months ago
What I'm really interested in the mobile version of this processor. I wonder if it'll provide the same performance benefit over penryn.
What's more important though is battery life. They said that this processer uses more energy than the current processor.
What's more important though is battery life. They said that this processer uses more energy than the current processor.
42 months ago
A little OT, but I wonder what kind of display connectors the new Mac Pro have. Dual-link DVI, mini display port, full DisplayPort, or what. If they do full DisplayPort, will they provide adaptors (free or paid for) for the new ACDs?
I'm sure these new procs will also go into the xServe. I wonder how much faster these would be compared to the G5 xServes. Reason I'm asking: I was just thinking of Virginia Tech's System X computer cluster. I was just reading about it on WIkipedia today. Right now, they have 1100 G5 xServes capable of doing 12.25 TeraFLOPS. If they replaced all of them w/ xServes w/ Nehalem, I wonder how much faster they'd be, especially w/ Snow Leopard.
I'm sure these new procs will also go into the xServe. I wonder how much faster these would be compared to the G5 xServes. Reason I'm asking: I was just thinking of Virginia Tech's System X computer cluster. I was just reading about it on WIkipedia today. Right now, they have 1100 G5 xServes capable of doing 12.25 TeraFLOPS. If they replaced all of them w/ xServes w/ Nehalem, I wonder how much faster they'd be, especially w/ Snow Leopard.
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