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Apple hexacore Xeon Mac Pro with 128GB RAM tipped for early 2010

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 15th 2009 No Comments

apple mac pro It’s been a while since we’ve seen a significant refresh to Apple’s Mac Pro desktop range, and so a rumor regarding what overwhelming components the company might slot inside is certainly timely. According to Hardmac’s sources, Apple intend to outfit the Mac Pro with a 6-core, 12-thread Intel Xeon (Gulftown) processor, built on 32nm processes and with 12MB of shared cache. The hexacore CPUs will be accompanied by up to 128GB of RAM and a 10Gbit/s ethernet port.

That will be thanks to a newly modified, custom mainboard with support for 8GB and 16GB memory modules. Early testing of the CPUs, at least, have indicated that the hexacore Xeon requires less power than a current-gen quadcore Xeon of the same 2.4GHz clock-speed.

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HP Z600 Workstation Review

By Ewdison Then on Wednesday, Sep 30th 2009 1 Comment

It’s been a few months since HP launched their Z400, Z600 and Z800 workstations, and we’ve finally got the company’s mid-range Z600 on the SlashGear test bench. A dual-processor monster that HP envisage being used in midrange CAD, financial modelling and even high-end DCC, the Z600 would also make for a storming video editing workstation; HP also claim it’s environmentally friendly. That’s the theory, anyway: can the Z600 really deliver performance in a home or small-office friendly way?

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Intel tip Jasper Forest embedded Xeon CPU ahead of IDF

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

Intel have been teasing with some pre-show chip information in advance of their IDF (Intel Developer Forum) kicking off September 22nd. As well as talking up their manufacturing expertise – Intel describe themselves as “by far the most advance of any semiconductor manufacturer in the world” – they’re also tipping their upcoming Jasper Forest embedded processor platform.

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Intel Core i5-750, Core i7-860, i7-870 get official

By Ewdison Then on Tuesday, Sep 8th 2009 No Comments

intel core logos It’s not quite the September 6th announcement we expected, but Intel have finally come clean on their new Core i7-860, i7-870 and Core i5-750 processors, along with a cluster of new Xeon chips. The three new Nehalem-based consumer processors run at 2.80GHz, 2.93GHz and 2.66GHz respectively, with the two Core i7 chips having four cores and eight threads each, while the Core i5 chip – which lacks Hyper Threading support – manages with four cores and four threads.

Each can be flipped into Turbo mode, with the i7-860 scaling up to 3.46GHz, the i7-870 up to 3.6GHz, and the i5-750 up to 3.2GHz. All three have a TDP of 95W, and will be priced – when bought in 1,000 unit quantities – at $284, $562 and $196 each, respectively.

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Intel Xeon L5530 low-voltage plus W5590 3.33GHz CPUs announced

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 5th 2009 No Comments

As expected, Intel have announced their latest Xeon processor, the L5530, a low-power version of their existing 5500-series CPU. The Xeon L5530 runs at 2.40GHz but has a TDP of 60W compared to the regular 80W versions. This adds up to reduced energy bills and cooler-running systems, such as blade workstations.

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HP Z400 Workstation Review

By Daniel Lim on Friday, Jul 31st 2009 No Comments

Earlier this year we covered the launch of HP’s latest Intel Nehalem-based workstations, and soon enough HP had a Z400 test unit for us to try out. The entry-point to the new range, the Z400 misses out on some of the more innovative design features of its bigger siblings, but arguably the most important thing – the Xeon processor – is there front and center. Read on for our benchmarks and impressions.

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Psystar recover from bankruptcy; launch Xeon-based Open(7)

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 2nd 2009 No Comments

Last we heard, Psystar were filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Apple were rubbing their hands together at the prospect of finding out who had been financially backing the Mac-clone company, and everyone else was saying “yep, saw that coming.” Color us surprised, then, to hear that Psystar have emerged from the bankruptcy and even announced a new, Intel Xeon-based product.

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Intel Nehalem-EX server CPU: 8 cores, 16 threads, 64 DIMMS per platform

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, May 27th 2009 No Comments

Intel have announced their latest Xeon processor, the eight-core Nehalem-EX. Intended for servers, though providing an interesting insight into what the consumer Core i7 architecture might evolve into, Nehalem-EX can support up to sixteen threads with 24MB of shared cache, Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost.

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Video demo after the cut

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Apple Xserve with Intel Xeon “Nehalem”

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Apr 7th 2009 No Comments

Apple have launched a new version of their Xserve server, based on Intel’s Xeon “Nehalem” processors. The new Apple Xserve is available in single or dual-processor setups, using the quad-core Xeon processor (up to 2.93GHz) paired with between 3GB and 24GB of DDR3 RAM.

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Fujitsu Siemens Celsius workstations get new Xeon boost

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Apr 1st 2009 No Comments

Fujitsu Siemens have announced three new workstations under its Celsius brand, all using Intel’s latest Xeon processors. The Celsius M470, R570 and R670 are all multi-core capable, support up to 24GB, 48GB and 96GB of RAM respectively, and dual graphics.

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