No, this is not the new Mac Pro's CPU. This is an Ivy Bridge part. The new Mac Pro will be using a Haswell CPU.
Apple have already mentioned that the new Mac Pro will ship with Thunderbolt 2. Intel have stated that the Falcon Ridge controllers that drive Thunderbolt 2 will be part of Haswell.
Additionally, Apple have never used the "E" series for their CPUs and there's no indication to think they'll start with the new Mac Pro.
The Xeon Haswell refresh isn't due for another year, and is expected to feature DDR4. The Ivy Bridge refresh in this article isn't even out yet.
You could be right, but it would involve one hell of a bold move on Apple's part. They'd be getting Haswell Xeons a year before everyone else, to mildly improve a product they didn't even bother to upgrade to Sandy Bridge. In which case, why isn't it the 15 core version?
More than likely, they've instead figured out some way of supporting Thunderbolt 2 in the Ivy refresh.
By the way, this CPU is an EP, not an E (there is no 12 core E), which seems in line with the current specs.
> Apple have already mentioned that the new Mac Pro will ship with Thunderbolt 2. Intel have stated that the Falcon Ridge controllers that drive Thunderbolt 2 will be part of Haswell.
However, Thunderbolt 2 controllers will presumably be available as a separate part, too; Thunderbolt 1 controllers were, and that's what the first Thunderbolt Macs used.
It seems unlikely that the Mac Pro will use a Haswell Xeon, as that would delay its release until at _least_ early next year; the Xeon is typically an architecture behind the consumer stuff.
[+] [-] gilgoomesh|12 years ago|reply
Apple have already mentioned that the new Mac Pro will ship with Thunderbolt 2. Intel have stated that the Falcon Ridge controllers that drive Thunderbolt 2 will be part of Haswell.
Additionally, Apple have never used the "E" series for their CPUs and there's no indication to think they'll start with the new Mac Pro.
[+] [-] reitzensteinm|12 years ago|reply
You could be right, but it would involve one hell of a bold move on Apple's part. They'd be getting Haswell Xeons a year before everyone else, to mildly improve a product they didn't even bother to upgrade to Sandy Bridge. In which case, why isn't it the 15 core version?
More than likely, they've instead figured out some way of supporting Thunderbolt 2 in the Ivy refresh.
By the way, this CPU is an EP, not an E (there is no 12 core E), which seems in line with the current specs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro#Specifications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)#Con...
[+] [-] rsynnott|12 years ago|reply
However, Thunderbolt 2 controllers will presumably be available as a separate part, too; Thunderbolt 1 controllers were, and that's what the first Thunderbolt Macs used.
It seems unlikely that the Mac Pro will use a Haswell Xeon, as that would delay its release until at _least_ early next year; the Xeon is typically an architecture behind the consumer stuff.
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