Intel offers new details on Power Mac-bound desktop processors
Speaking to developers at its semiannual developer forum on Tuesday, Intel Corp. shed a few new details on its next-generation multi-core desktop processors, which are destine to turn up inside Apple's first Intel-based Power Mac systems in the second half of the year.
During a keynote presentation, Pat Gelsinger, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, showcased "Conroe," a dual-core desktop processor based on the company's new Core microarchitecture that can reduce power consumption by 40 percent while delivering greater than 40 percent improvements in computing performance.
The chip, which is on track to begin volume shipments in the third quarter of 2006, is the most likely candidate to turn up in Apple's Power Mac professional desktop systems late in the Summer.
Gelsinger revealed that Intel has decided to make Conroe part of its Professional Business Platform -- codenamed Averill. He said the new platform will deliver world-class IT security and manageability capabilities for businesses through the Conroe dual-core processor along with a new chipset codenamed Broadwater, Intel Virtualization Technology and the second generation of Intel Active Management Technology.
Additionally, Intel also announced at the conference that it plans to ship a quad?core processor -- codenamed "Kentsfield" -- for high?end desktop PCs in early 2007. However, further details of the chip were not available.
Not coincidentally, Apple Computer also announced on Tuesday that it will hold its annual World Wide Developers Conference in the second half of the year, as opposed to late May or June as it has done in the past.
The conference, set to kick-off on August 7th, is expected to offer Mac OS X developers their first look at the company's next-generation operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard." It's also expected to yield the first public demonstrations of a Power Mac desktop computer utilizing Intel's Conroe chip.
With Apple's engineering team hard pressed to meet an accelerated Intel transition schedule enforced by chief executive officer Steve Jobs, Intel is reportedly aiding Apple in the development of the first Intel-based Power Mac.
During a keynote presentation, Pat Gelsinger, Intel's senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, showcased "Conroe," a dual-core desktop processor based on the company's new Core microarchitecture that can reduce power consumption by 40 percent while delivering greater than 40 percent improvements in computing performance.
The chip, which is on track to begin volume shipments in the third quarter of 2006, is the most likely candidate to turn up in Apple's Power Mac professional desktop systems late in the Summer.
Gelsinger revealed that Intel has decided to make Conroe part of its Professional Business Platform -- codenamed Averill. He said the new platform will deliver world-class IT security and manageability capabilities for businesses through the Conroe dual-core processor along with a new chipset codenamed Broadwater, Intel Virtualization Technology and the second generation of Intel Active Management Technology.
Additionally, Intel also announced at the conference that it plans to ship a quad?core processor -- codenamed "Kentsfield" -- for high?end desktop PCs in early 2007. However, further details of the chip were not available.
Not coincidentally, Apple Computer also announced on Tuesday that it will hold its annual World Wide Developers Conference in the second half of the year, as opposed to late May or June as it has done in the past.
The conference, set to kick-off on August 7th, is expected to offer Mac OS X developers their first look at the company's next-generation operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard." It's also expected to yield the first public demonstrations of a Power Mac desktop computer utilizing Intel's Conroe chip.
With Apple's engineering team hard pressed to meet an accelerated Intel transition schedule enforced by chief executive officer Steve Jobs, Intel is reportedly aiding Apple in the development of the first Intel-based Power Mac.
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Finally a new architecture for Intel...hell I love new architectures from anyone.
I think we'll see Conroe at the low and midrange and Woodcrest at the high end.
Finally AMD performance at Intel pricing.
Formatting be damned.
Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch
40% less watt usage and 40% more power... w00tness! Looking good for my Merom MacBook!
That's Conroe compared to Pent D. Merom 20% faster same energy consumption compared to Yonah.
See link below:
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2711&p=4
Originally posted by nagromme
I'm not waiting for quad-cores. Dual-duals will be just fine
How about dual quads DROOOL!!!
But as stated above.. Dual-dual would be just fine.
Originally posted by rpm16601
How about dual quads DROOOL!!!
Until quad-quad comes out!
Jimzip
Originally posted by hmurchison
I think we'll see Conroe at the low and midrange and Woodcrest at the high end.
Well if they did include a dual woodcrest for the highend model that would be different.
Originally posted by onlooker
I think it's a sad day if Apple is using the Conroe instead of Woodcrest in a Mac workstation. They should use the XEON equivalent woodcrest.
ditto. Hopefully, as hmurchison suggested: Conroe at low- and mid- range, and Woodcrest for "the beast".
Originally posted by AppleInsider
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Oh GOD, not Intel's help. They stick integrated graphics in it for sure!
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...umm, shouldn't that be MacTower?
Originally posted by SpamSandwich
...umm, shouldn't that be MacTower?
Or CoreMac...(kormac?).
Originally posted by kim kap sol
Or CoreMac...(kormac?).
Or Macintosh-.. uh.. Macintel?
Heck I dunno anymore. They could call it Macintoilet and someone would buy it.
Jimzip
Originally posted by kim kap sol
Or CoreMac...(kormac?).
that's funnier than making plastics.... i'd just call it "hardCore"!! lol
PWN3D!
A %40 advantage in games and %30+ in media encoding just like that?? Yes we're about to see why Apple said "the hell with IBM"
However, Conroe will also feature a new 128-bit SSE optimization that will allow all SSE instructions to be completed in a single cycle
My emphasis added. This will likely usurp Altivec as the premier SIMD implementation. Wow single cycle for all instructions. Apple's going to have a field day with this.
And this sound good as well
Furthermore, Rattner announced that Core architecture will have micro-ops fusion (already present on all modern Intel processors), but that the new architecture will also include macro-ops fusion. Essentially, macro-ops fusion takes multiple high level instructions, and combines them into a single instruction. For example a ?compare? and ?jump? instruction can be combined into a single operation.
Ok my next Mac after my mini "has" to have this core. This is the real deal here.