Quad Core Macbook Pro (Penryn)
So, Intel have recently announced a quad core mobile processor based on Penryn.
Touted as being for gaming and workstation-class laptops. Here is how I see me using one.
Quad Core CPU
VMWare Fusion with guest Windows and Linux guest OS's
4GB of RAM - 2 GB for MacOSX and 1 GB each for the VMWare virtual machines
17" 1920x1600 screen using Spaces for each OS
Now for me, this would pretty much be hardware heaven.
thoughts ?
ofMars
Touted as being for gaming and workstation-class laptops. Here is how I see me using one.
Quad Core CPU
VMWare Fusion with guest Windows and Linux guest OS's
4GB of RAM - 2 GB for MacOSX and 1 GB each for the VMWare virtual machines
17" 1920x1600 screen using Spaces for each OS
Now for me, this would pretty much be hardware heaven.
thoughts ?
ofMars
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Current: 65nm Core 2 Duo, Santa Rosa, dual-core
1st update : 45nm Penryn, Santa Rosa, dual-core
2nd update: 45nm Penryn, Montevina, dual-core, quad-core
3rd update: 45nm Nehalem, Montevina, quad-core
3rd update: 45nm Nehalem, Montevina, quad-core
now that would be cool. Is Nehalem where they go for 4 cores on the same die as opposed to C2D SantaRosa which is 2 separate dies in the same packaging ?
now that would be cool. Is Nehalem where they go for 4 cores on the same die as opposed to C2D SantaRosa which is 2 separate dies in the same packaging ?
I think you are a little, confused. The current quad is using 2 dies, but 2 cores per die. The c2d also uses 2 cores per die.
now that would be cool. Is Nehalem where they go for 4 cores on the same die as opposed to C2D SantaRosa which is 2 separate dies in the same packaging ?
If you are asking if each core will have its own direct connection to the chipset I will say yes for Nehalem since it is getting a new micro-architecture and one of the features is the ability to dynamically manage the cores. Go here to check out some information about Penryn and Nehalem.
As far as Penryns are concerned, I want to say "yes" to them having cores with dedicated connections, but it might be just the quad-core Zeons that will have them.
If you are asking if each core will have its own direct connection to the chipset I will say yes for Nehalem since it is getting a new micro-architecture and one of the features is the ability to dynamically manage the cores. Go here to check out some information about Penryn and Nehalem.
As far as Penryns are concerned, I want to say "yes" to them having cores with dedicated connections, but it might be just the quad-core Zeons that will have them.
no it may be a like amd setup all on one die with a HT link from the cpu to chipset.