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New Mac Pro with 12 cores soon! :)
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This new chip is suppose to be pin compatible with Tigerton
and Tigerton comes in a 771 socket config
and I believe thats what the Current Mac Pro uses.. 771
and Tigerton comes in a 771 socket config
and I believe thats what the Current Mac Pro uses.. 771
Whatever judging by how this release is going it will take apple about a year to iron out all the nehalem kinks
I just realized, this is actually terrible news! If the super high end server chips aren't being produced with 4 cores on ONE die, then what are the odds that the quad core chips the the Pro will use will be "true" quad core?
With any luck it's just the super high end?
With any luck it's just the super high end?
Intel have already previewed an 80 core CPU so why isnt anyone going "OMG WTFBBQ, 80 CORES IN TEH MAC PRU, WTF, FUTURE PROOF!"
Some people'll never be happy.
Some people'll never be happy.
They hope to produce such a chip by 2010 apparently, though its going to be used in high end servers like the Niagara and Cell chips.
Anyone with an 8 core mac pro will have an awesome computer for years. The dual 1.8ghz G5s are still really good computers and are similar to low to mid range workstations that are available now.
Anyone with an 8 core mac pro will have an awesome computer for years. The dual 1.8ghz G5s are still really good computers and are similar to low to mid range workstations that are available now.
Indeed but Tigerton uses the Clarksboro chipset and not Stoakley as the current Mac Pro uses.
The point with Tigerton is that you are not limited to two processors but can have up to 32 processors (128 cores) if given enough space and cooling.