DiRTDOG Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Im goning to be purchasing a MacPro at some point and I was wondering if I should wait for the mac to change over to the 45nm Intel chips that are coming this year. Does anyone have any idea on when and if Apple will come out with a new MacPro that will support the new chips? I have checked AnandTech.com and other sites but there isnt any info. If anyone has some good infor please provide a link. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I wouldn't expect it to soon only because the 45nm chips from Intel just came out, and so far there are only I think 2 or 3 45nm chips released. And they just upgraded the Macpro from dual dual core solutions, to single or dual quad core solutions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/#findComment-604219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal swimmer Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 uhhh.... they already did get with it. The new mac pros (available from Apple.com) ship with 45nm. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/#findComment-604960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Are you sure? AFAIK, the Harpertown core is still 65nm. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/#findComment-605467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Harpertown is 45nm. From Wikipedia: Harpertown is said to be a 45 nm, quad-core processor based on Intel's upcoming Penryn microarchitecture with 12 MiB of L2 cache. An older rumour stated that it was simply the 45 nm shrink of Woodcrest, but that has since changed. Harpertown, which will succeed the current 65 nm Clovertown processors (Xeon 5300 series), will receive 5400 sequence number, with X, E, and L letters indicating performance, regular and low-power versions of the CPU. A LINPACK benchmark shows that a dual Harpertown system could sustain 80 GFLOPS and peak at 102 GFLOPS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/#findComment-605482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Alright, got it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/#findComment-605490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRTDOG Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Thanks for the info! Gonna look into getting a mac pro for sure now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/#findComment-632764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboss Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Well if Apple does indeed launch a new model of Macbook Pros at their "event" this February then you can pretty much bet on them being 45nm Penryns. Also judging by the amount of chatter on the topic of MBP Refresh, I'm pretty sure that a new model is on the verge. If you are planning to invest in a new MBP it never hurts to wait a few weeks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85108-when-will-apple-go-45nm/#findComment-637148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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