Haswell Snow Leopard

[axedye]

Yup everyone was fine. It was a rough time, a lot of family issues. My uncle started the fire, just a lot of drama. No one got hurt though. If the new Mac Pro uses Ivy Bridge E or any version of LGA 2011 chips I may even go that route. I'm also hoping a ivy bridge e or haswell board by gigabyte with TB will be out when I do purchase.

 

[Adrian B]

Yup everyone was fine. It was a rough time, a lot of family issues. My uncle started the fire, just a lot of drama. No one got hurt though. If the new Mac Pro uses Ivy Bridge E or any version of LGA 2011 chips I may even go that route. I'm also hoping a ivy bridge e or haswell board by gigabyte with TB will be out when I do purchase.

The new Mac Pro is waiting on at least two new pieces of technology;

a)Thunderbolt 2 from Intel
b)New CPU - also from Intel

There are a number of rumoured new Haswell motherboards due out in the autumn that will have Thunderbolt 2 fitted as standard.
We will probably not know a great deal more about the new Mac Pro until it is released ~ October.


Adrian B

 

[Going Bald]

The new Mac Pro is waiting on at least two new pieces of technology;

a)Thunderbolt 2 from Intel
b)New CPU - also from Intel

There are a number of rumoured new Haswell motherboards due out in the autumn that will have Thunderbolt 2 fitted as standard.
We will probably not know a great deal more about the new Mac Pro until it is released ~ October.

Adrian B

We do know a little more now - it is using a socket 2011 Xeon E5-2697 v2, but I can't find the xeon on any e-tailer site, so it looks as if Intel hasn't released it to the wild as yet.

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/...eekbench_tests

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/I...2697%20v2.html

12 physical + 12 virtual cores??!!!

 

[Adrian B]

We do know a little more now - it is using a socket 2011 Xeon E5-2697 v2, but I can't find the xeon on any e-tailer site, so it looks as if Intel hasn't released it to the wild as yet.

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/...eekbench_tests

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/I...2697%20v2.html

12 physical + 12 virtual cores??!!!

My understanding of its reporting at the time of the WWDC was that the CPU was to be available later in the year - presumably around the same time as the Mac Pro becomes available.

This was reported the other day : http://www.macrumors.com/2013/08/14...ew-mac-pro-posts-impressive-benchmark-scores/

Adrian B

 

[Going Bald]

According to TomsHardware Intel plans to launch Ivy Bridge-E at this year’s IDF in September.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-ep-xeon-e5-2697-v2-benchmarks,3585.html