The new processors from Intel as the basis for next-generation iMac
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Dennis Sellers (Dennis Sellers), a well-known author of many articles about Apple technology, reports that Intel plans to make the issue of new Nehalem processors in the next few months. Moreover, there is a chance that they finally will be inside iMac computers.
Three Clarksfield processors, according to rumors, will come no later than October of this year. This Core 2 Extreme XE, which will operate at a frequency of 2 GHz, and quad-core Core 2 Quad P2 (1,73 GHz) and Core 2 Quad P1 (1,6 GHz).
According to the reports Intel's products, the new chips are created with a view to installing them in high-tech computers and laptops. So cheap computers for iMac at home, most likely, will continue to work on the basis of dual-core processors.
According to professionals from Intel, the Nehalem microarchitecture, first introduced in the Intel Core i7, will work on the basis of a new generation of transistors, manufactured in compliance with rules 45 nm Hi-k. Nehalem chips guarantee an increase in performance with integrated memory controller and branded Intel QuickPath technology providing high-speed communication between independent cores processor.
Some time ago, analysts predicted the appearance of iMac computers based on quad-core processors. It is possible that they they hit the shelves in September-October this year, in time for the release of a new version of the operating system for the Mac - Snow Leopard.