8 Core Power MAC Comming SOON!

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http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2561

WOW now thats processing power!

[BJ_M]

standard quad core has been around for a bit - but Intel just announced new ones to replace the ones that apple will be using that use a lot less power .... I had 4-8 (and more) 64bit cpu systems 10 years ago with my sgi's - so im not real excited really (even still have a quad xeon sgi 540 running windows from around '97-98)



Intel Xeon L5320 and L5310 Quad-Core 50-watt Processors Announced


Intel is introducing two low-voltage processors: the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor L5320 and L5310. The new 50-watt quad-core processors operate at 1.86 GHz and 1.60 GHz, respectively, feature a unique 8 megabytes (MB) of on die cache for faster memory data communication and run on dedicated 1066 MHz front side buses. In 1,000 unit quantities the L5320 is priced at $519 and the L5310 at $455.

These processors can be coupled with Intel's existing "Bensley" server platform and have been designed to be "drop-in" compatible with the existing Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor families.

Servers and workstations based on these new processors are expected to be available worldwide over the next few months from Acer, Dell, Digital Henge, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, HCL, IBM, Rackable Systems, Samsung, Verari, Wipro and other companies.