new Mac Pro !!!

[Shawn Erickson]

FYI

1st gen Mac Pro (2006 release)
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/Mac_Pro_0608/index.html>

1st gen Mac Pro (2007 refresh)
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/Mac_Pro_0704/index.html>

2nd gen Mac Pro
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/Mac_Pro_0801/index.html>

On Jan 8, 2008 1:27 PM, Shawn Erickson <shawnce at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2008 1:03 PM, R.L. Grigg <newslists at autonomy.caltech.edu> wrote:
> > How is going from 3.0GHz to 3.2GHz "up to 2x faster"?
> > Basically same specs, same case,... a bit underwhelming...
>
> It has a newer chipset that better supports 8-cores, has better FSB
> bandwidth, PCIe v2.0, etc.
>
> New Mac Pro chipset:
> <http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/5400/index.htm> (at least I
> believe it using that)
> Old Mac Pro chipset: <http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/5000x/index.htm>
>
> Also the processors are 45nm based (more power efficient _and_ higher
> performance), have larger L2 caches, SSE4, etc.
>
> -Shawn
>