New Intel CPU info--!!

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:18 pm

Not sure what this means for Mac, but it is interesting:

http://www.dailytech.com/Sun%20Leaks%20 ... e10834.htm

jliechty · Post by **jliechty** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:46 pm

The Dunnington / Tigerton processors are out of the Mac Pro league (I think they can scale to four CPU sockets and possibly beyond), but the Nehalem processors have performance that's worth waiting to get... if you were going to wait anyway. As we've seen from the past Mac Pro update, Apple doesn't seem to be in any hurry to update the MP immediately after Intel releases a new workstation platform. Regardless, an octo-core Nehalem system will take VI capacity to a new level, and in that respect they're exciting for musicians. As a geek, I'm also excited by the new QuickPath interconnect that will supposedly make Xeons and Itaniums more interchangeable from a physical and electrical - though not software - point of view, but the Itanium architecture doesn't bring anything to the table for DAWs, so it matters much less here.

HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:06 am

Nehalem... rhymes with Gollem? Frodo, are you trying to tell us something? The eye is searching... Yikes! I best be changing my avatar or ye'll be avoiding me!

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:47 am

HCMarkus wrote:Nehalem... rhymes with Gollem? Frodo, are you trying to tell us something? The eye is searching... Yikes! I best be changing my avatar or ye'll be avoiding me!

Actually, I'm holding out for the Smeagol chip!

Phil O · Post by **Phil O** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:17 pm

Would you call it, umm...precious?

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:08 am

Phil O wrote:Would you call it, umm...precious?

Indeed. And word on the street has it that it's some kind of "dual" processor!