Intel released a PDF document describing in details all new Quad Core Xeon. Hereafter are the new features; in addition to the brand new chipset: - 45nm engraving - 12MB Cache L2 (2 x 6MB for each couple of Cores) with a reduced latency. - Improved efficiency and power consumption in low CPU loading conditions. - New SSE instruction set, improving some tasks by up to 40% - New optimized bus to further increase the bandwidth (1600MHz, 4x400MHz) - Support for both FB-DIMM 667MHz and 800MHz - Support for PCI Express 2.0 Hereafter are the gains to be expected according to Intel: Last but not least, the table describing all new Xeon models: One probably remembers about the rumor of Apple acquiring all new Quad Core Xeon 3.2GHz to install them in the Mac Pro. As the new CPU is now unveiled, Apple will most likely announce the new Mac Pro during the week. [translation by Linathael]

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