Story:
Rumors have it, that Apple could be supporting 6-core processing STANDARD with their new Mac Pro desktop releasing sometime in 2010. Intel, Apples CPU manufacture, has announced recently a new line of processors code named “Gulftown”. Intel’s 32nm chips have a reported 12mb L3 cache, and 12 threads per cpu(6). This is great news for anyone in the media bussiness, because when Apple comes out with single CPU machines, they come out with dual CPU machines. Could this mean a new 12-core processing beast?! We’re looking at a time frame of the first quarter of 2010. Exciting stuff if you ask me. Price points have not been released by Apple or even Intel… we’ll have to wait for those.
My thoughts:
Will this really be necessary? You think 8-core machines would be sufficient for most tasks for even the production companies, but this could be a good move for Apple. Personally, I think Apple will follow through with this one-hundred percent. Apple has always been known stay on the right track with their hardware, operating system, design, and all their products. Keeping up with technology is what they’re best at, so I think their is a very good chance we could see an update to the Mac Pro, as it is needing some updating anyways.
Apple could also lose Mac Pro purchases if and when they release this “new” model. Some people, most people… don’t even need 4-cores, so why would they need 6 or 12-cores? This will be geared more toward you’re professional group of Mac users. Pricing shouldn’t be too bad at all for something like this. Everytime anything is upgraded internally with Mac’s, you see the price stay the same or even decrease when new technology is added. Not only has Apple made a good habit with that in general, but every time technology changes, the old stuff loses value.
What are your thoughts, let me know in the description!
-Colin Perschbacher
Sources: Digg.com,Apple Insider
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One Response to “And I thought 4 cores was enough.”
Chris October 25, 2009
“Apple could also lose Mac Pro purchases if and when they release this “new” model. Some people, most people… don’t even need 4-cores, so why would they need 6 or 12-cores? This will be geared more toward you’re professional group of Mac users.”
Really? Apple’s workstation, you know, professional level machine designed for video editors, renderers, complex scientific work and the likes, will be targeted at professionals? I never thought of that.
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