Intel’s “Kentsfield” and “Clovertown” Xeons are right around the corner, Anh Huynh reports for DailyTech.
“Intel is planning to release quad-core Kentsfield based Xeon 3000 seriesprocessors. The new Xeon X3220 and X3210 processors will be identical to the recently named Intel Core 2 Quadro processors and share the same Kentsfield core,” Huynh reports.
Processor numbers, core frequencies, bus frequencies, L2 cache information and prices can be found in the full article here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Intel quad-core ‘Kentsfield’ coming in time for holiday season – August 18, 2006
Apple shows off new Xserve with Quad 64-bit Intel Xeon processors at LinuxWorld – August 17, 2006
Apple Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz benchmarks – August 16, 2006
Ars Technica reviews Apple Mac Pro Quad Xeon 64-bit workstation – August 11, 2006
Apple introduces Xserve with Quad 64-bit Intel Xeon Processors – August 07, 2006
Apple unveils new ‘Mac Pro’ featuring quad 64-bit Intel Xeon processors – August 07, 2006
Our Macs are getting obsolete faster than a speeding bullet 🙁
Hey! My smileys are not working. Is that just me?
empty tank:
that’s just MDN’s g5 servers showing its obsolesence.
Better obsolete faster than stuck in limbo forever…
I wonder if Apple will use a single Quadro as a replacement for two dual-proceessor chips.
i love it
recall the bad old days of the g4 and steve having to backtrack over the fuck up that moto foisted on us ?
it’s 500 mhz
oh shit
ok , 450
now you wankers moan aboot progress
get a fucking clue
we are lucky bastards !!!! be happy
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Uni, Dou….
one, two , Tri, Quadro!
I can’t wait for my Mac Pro Ocho. Might just have to mod one up myself, like Anandtech did.
MDN MW -few- … For a Few dollars more.
I just picked up a 1.66 mini. Compared to my old G4s, this little sucker is fast. I can’t imagine how these new chips are going to scream.
It would be logical to keep the “slowest” mac pro at 1 CPU. Contrary to what some (ignorant!) people think going from 4 to 8 cores will NOT make your system twice as fast! Not all (actually not that many) ar truly optimized for n cores and FAR from all problems can be solved in parallell. In *those* cases, a single faster core would be more efficient.
I would like 2×4 cores though, my code is optimzed for n cores and has been for the last 3-4 years
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When apple announced it was going to intel, a long time computer geek friend of mine warned me to hang on, because upgrades would be happening 3-4x faster than with the slow gong PPC manyfactures. Right on!
Get used to it!
I’m planning to get an iMac next summer when they have been upgraded again (maybe even a second time?) and it has OSX 10.5 on it!
My computer might be getting obsolete pretty quickly, sure… but I’d rather be obsolete with a Core Duo than a G4!
Octo-core, that’s my baby, better have SLI/Crossfire support for Mac OS X too
w/e greatcaffeine the g4 is a very respectable processor its just not the latest greatest so unless you are a freaky video editor needing lots and lots of ram and processor speed then most tasks are milliseconds slower which translates into not much difference. ooo yours loaded in 10seconds and mine in 14seconds ooooo im impressed. yeah ruined my day to loose 4 seconds now stfu
the g4 is fucking useless
try putting loads of stress on the pos , it soon bogs down
the core duo family fucking rocks
?what?
you need to get more fun out of life, buddy.
Yeh-heh-hehesssss . . . The Mac Ocho. Now appearing at de Apple Store nationwide. Or, as most Windows drones would call it: Obscure OS Quarterly.
I want one. Of course I do. And maybe they’ll eventually come out with a “MILF” and a “Camel Toe” edition, too. Either way, from now on maybe just call it The Ocho.
“What? Fatty made a funny!?!”
Yeh-heh-hehehessssssssss . . .
The Intel switch is why I’m here. Superfast hardware and the best operating system in perfect harmony.
Has anyone else noticed the lack of Steve Distortion Field or at least it is weaker than before? No more BS Mac vs PC benchmarks that stretched the truth to breaking point.
I am having one of those 8 core Mac Pros (Octo Pro) the moment it ships to go with my Macbook Pro.
“Obsolete means no longer useful, right?
Come on, folks. Your Mac won’t be obsolete until the run of the mill programs won’t run on it decently. Surely that time is still years away…
No, we’re not on the cutting edge any more with what we’ve got, but these machines will show Leopard with style. Perhaps 10.6.1 will put us over the edge, but we got time…
In the meantime, let’s enjoy these $1.5K, $2K, $3K machines. They aren’t toasters. They’re meant to be used up to the last. Any impulse to replace before necessary is arguably immoral.
Look mom. I can say bad words! I’m real smart.
PowerPC out-prefomed the x86 at similar clock speeds. We all know the problems with it and now no longer care.
Based on what the core of my work entails, I wish Apple would give us more RAM slots in the iMac. Unless your applications are optimized for multiprocessor threading, the Core2Duo system is actually faster than the Mac Pro’s Xeon system. The benefit of the buffered RAM in the MacPro only kicks in under certain situations, and until those situations appear it does more to slow throughput than to help it. If the 24″ iMac allowed more than 3 GB of RAM I wouldn’t even consider the Mac Pro. Weird, but true.
Triumph- I LOVED “Dodgeball”.
ESPN 8 … ‘The OCHO!”
Good stuff.