8 Core Westmere?

[skafia]

Fry's has this machine (http://www.frys.com/product/6366061?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG) listed as 2 quad core "Westmere", but on the Wiki Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_pro) the E5620 processor is listed as "Gulftown".

Is this a typo on Fry's site?

 

[echoout]

Fry's has this machine (http://www.frys.com/product/6366061?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG) listed as 2 quad core "Westmere", but on the Wiki Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_pro) the E5620 processor is listed as "Gulftown".

Is this a typo on Fry's site?

It's a demo in the system. They won't ship it. I tried!

 

[skafia]

It's a demo in the system. They won't ship it. I tried!

They won't ship, but what about local pickup? -- Nevermind, no stock of this magical machine.

 

[echoout]

They won't ship, but what about local pickup?

Yes, I believe so. But they told me that it might not even actually be there, and if it is, might not actually work. I swear. Fry's have seriously gone downhill.

 

[Umbongo]

Fry's has this machine (http://www.frys.com/product/6366061?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG) listed as 2 quad core "Westmere", but on the Wiki Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_pro) the E5620 processor is listed as "Gulftown".

Is this a typo on Fry's site?

Westmere is the Intel architecture name, Gulftown was the development codename for Xeons using the Westmere architecture.

 

[eponym]

Westmere is the Intel architecture name, Gulftown was the development codename for Xeons using the Westmere architecture.

Specifically the 6-core version. It wouldn't include the dual quads used in the 8-core.

 

[Umbongo]

Specifically the 6-core version. It wouldn't include the dual quads used in the 8-core.

No, they were the same because they were 6-core chips with 2 disabled.