I know what you’re asking yourself, and the answer is yes. I have a nickname for my MacPro. Its called the Octagon…
Eight-core Xeon systems this year
Intel sources tell Think Secret that a quad-socket version of Woodcrest, which would pack eight processor cores into a single system, is slated for release in the fourth quarter of this year, around the same time Intel debuts its first quad-core processor, Kentsfield.
Whether any of these extremely high-end chip configurations will make their way into Apple’s offerings is unclear. Apple debuted its first four-core system with the dual processor, dual-core 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 in October 2005. To date, however, few applications have been able to effectively take advantage of the extra processing power, although Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is expected to make better use of multiple cores. Leopard will be unveiled publicly at WWDC, and copies of a developer preview are currently slated to be made available to attendees, sources report. -thinksecret.com
…but I also nicknamed my cinema displays. My left one is James Westfall and my right one is Doctor Kenneth Noisewater. You ladies play your cards right you just might get to meet the whole gang.
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