
Already equipped with Intel Xeon chips in quad-core Nehalem generation of the Mac Pro from Apple will soon be improved to six hearts. According to information obtained by Engadget, they would indeed soon be updated with Intel Xeon chips generation Gulftown therefore equipped with two additional hearts. So, the shared cache from 8 to 12 MB for processor engraved in 32nm and not 45nm. This allows in particular to obtain a lower consumption, even with this added power.
Apple currently offers a configuration with eight cores due to the use of two processors on the motherboard, you can imagine a future Mac Pro to 12 hearts! The graphic designers and other professionals concerned with these computers will be very pleased. All the news that another set should enable a move into Ethernet 10 Gbit / s and supporting up to 128 GB of RAM, via arrays of 8 and 16 GB
The question is whether these new Mac Pro will replace the current models or if they will complement the Mac Pro quad-core can then receive a replacement tariff. The current base price is 2 300 euros. The answer will probably not before the beginning of 2010 or the spring, when Intel must provide these new processors. (EP)