OMX-Knuckles Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Clovertowns are currently available in 1.6Ghz, 1.86Ghz, 2.33Ghz and 2.66Ghz parts. My guess is we'll see the 1.86's, 2.33's and 2.66's on Mac Pros. AMD's new chip is the K8L (sometimes called K10) which allegedly offers significant performance increases over the AMD's current parts as well as a complete switch to a 65nm process. We'll see those in the fall. Intel's also pushing it's 45nm process ahead for the "Penryn" chips which should allow increased clock speeds. The rest of this year will be interesting in the processor war. Still waiting for Apple's single socket, midrange desktop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret-Simpson Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 The 45nm chips? I'm guessing you're referring to the 80 core CPU's debuting I think next year. You think the 8 core palette is cluttered!? I'd like to see AMD beat that one before it's out. I have to say, AMD's CD killer is a nice thought, but take into account the timescale. The C2D has been around 6 months already and is the best chip series on the market. I think it's fair to say the tables have turned since the old days. Intel are back to being the cutting edge. That, plus the only two AMD chips I ever had blew on first boot after a perfect install. Never had a problem with any intel chip since the Pentium 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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