Pre-orders begin for Apple Quad, 8 and 12-core Mac Pro

Mac lovers might seek solace in this particular piece of news that details out Apple’s latest venture. Apple has put up the feature-rich variants of the Mac Pro for pre-orders. The gadgets are available in a host of configuration options for users to select from.(ch-’for users to select from’ to users can select from)

Users can choose to purchase the gadget with either one 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Nehalem, two 8 cores 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Westmere or two 12 cores 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Westmere processors.

The gadget can be purchased with either 3GB or 6GB of storage capacities and integrates a 3GB/s SATA HDD operating at 7200rpm and offering 1TB internal memory. Visuals of the unit are backed by the 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card.

Users are also provided with an 18x SuperDrive as well as an Apple Magic Mouse with the Mac Pro. Additionally, the device comes with Apple’s keyboard featuring a numeric keypad and a user guide.

The Mac Pro with Quad-Core processor is priced at $2499 (approx. Rs. 115,300) and the 8-core processor costs $3,499 (approx. Rs. 1,61,290). The 12-core variant can be picked up for $4,999 (approx. Rs. 2,30,430).

Intel's next-gen Sandy Bridge processor architecture and specifications apparently leaked!

Intel's Microarchitecture development model

As per information from the sources, it has been established that Intel has been busy churning out design plans for the next-generation of processors codenamed “Sandy Bridge” which are based on 32nm fabrication process .They are slated to be the successor to the upcoming generation of Nehalem processors.

Although, Intel has remained silent about the proposed release and specifications of the upcoming processors, it appears that the leak has revealed some clues about the upcoming processors and their technical specifications. The Sandy Bridge processors presumably run on the Socket LGA 1155 architecture with a minimum clock speed of 3.1GHz. Though this leak appears to be a rumor until an official announcement from Intel, you could take a sneak peek at the leaked specifications of the upcoming processors, which are as follows:

• Core i7 2600: Quad-core processors with Hyper-Threading, 3.2 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
• Core i5 2400: Quad-core processors without Hyper-Threading, 3.1 GHz, 6 MB L3 cache
• Core i5 2500: Quad-core processors without Hyper-Threading, 3.3 GHz, 6 MB L3 cache
• Core i3 2100: Dual-Core with Hyper-Threading, 3.1 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache
• I3 2120 Core: Dual-Core with Hyper-Threading, 3.3 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache