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Leaked Intel roadmaps are suggesting that Intel won't be launching its next generation of socket LGA-2011 and LGA-1356 Xeon processors based on the Ivy Bridge-EP architecture until the third quarter of next year. Unless Apple is planning on waiting another year until it releases a new Mac Pro, then it's highly likely that we'll see the company using Intel's current Sandy Bridge-EP based Xeon's.
The roadmap in question actually talks about the Ivy Bridge-E processors, the replacement of the current Core i7-3x00 series of LGA-2011 processors which are paired up with the X79 chipset. However, this platform launched ahead of Intel's current LGA-2011 Xeon processors, as the company found some last minute bugs in the CPUs as well as some issues with the C600-series chipsets.
We would expect Intel to have all these issues under control for the Ivy Bridge-E/EP processors and we're expecting them to launch about the same time. The good/bad news here is that Intel is not planning any new chipsets for the new processors which means that there won't be any native USB 3.0 support. That said, the new processors are expected to bring along DDR3 1866MHz memory support and they will also be using Intel's latest 22nm manufacturing technology.
Overall it looks like Ivy Bridge-E/EP will be a very minor upgrade as far as the platform specifications are concerned. It might be disappointing in some ways, but the potentially good news here is that those of you that are running an X79 based CustoMac might get official support come next year. We'll just have to wait and see how things play out, but hopefully Apple is smart enough to bring out a new Mac Pro sooner rather than later.
Source: TechPowerUp!
Related:
WWDC 2012 Mac Pro "Update"
Will Apple Ever Update the Mac Pro?
Pro Users Petition Apple for Info on Future of Mac Pro
The roadmap in question actually talks about the Ivy Bridge-E processors, the replacement of the current Core i7-3x00 series of LGA-2011 processors which are paired up with the X79 chipset. However, this platform launched ahead of Intel's current LGA-2011 Xeon processors, as the company found some last minute bugs in the CPUs as well as some issues with the C600-series chipsets.
We would expect Intel to have all these issues under control for the Ivy Bridge-E/EP processors and we're expecting them to launch about the same time. The good/bad news here is that Intel is not planning any new chipsets for the new processors which means that there won't be any native USB 3.0 support. That said, the new processors are expected to bring along DDR3 1866MHz memory support and they will also be using Intel's latest 22nm manufacturing technology.
Overall it looks like Ivy Bridge-E/EP will be a very minor upgrade as far as the platform specifications are concerned. It might be disappointing in some ways, but the potentially good news here is that those of you that are running an X79 based CustoMac might get official support come next year. We'll just have to wait and see how things play out, but hopefully Apple is smart enough to bring out a new Mac Pro sooner rather than later.
Source: TechPowerUp!
Related:
WWDC 2012 Mac Pro "Update"
Will Apple Ever Update the Mac Pro?
Pro Users Petition Apple for Info on Future of Mac Pro
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