Apple says new iMac line uses Intel chips
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on   Wednesday said its entire line of iMac computers would feature   Intel Core 2 Duo processors, speeding up the performance of the   personal computers.
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MacCentral - After Apple unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris this week, Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak gave Macworld editors a guided tour of the desktop's new design. Among the topics of conversation: the iMac's cooling system, why pre-installed Bluetooth functionality and FireWire 800 were left out, and how this new model fits in with Apple's objectives.
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(InfoWorld) - Despite the industry's focus on efficient chips in recent years, Intel will continue to build new designs for high-speed processors, including a prototype teraflop chip displayed at the company's Intel Developer Forum. The popularity of the video-sharing Web site YouTube demonstrates this growing need for speed, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini said Tuesday. Downloading a 60-second video clip would have taxed more than 80 percent of the power of Intel's 2003-era Pentium M, and about half the power of its 2004-vintage Pentium 4, he told a crowd at the conference. That same clip calls for only a few percent of the Core 2 Duo, Intel'sÂ current top-of-the line PC processor. This demand will continue to grow in coming months, as the price of high-definition camcorders is predicted to drop below $1,000 this holiday season. Complex video games and next-generation operating systems like Microsoft 's Vista and Apple Computer's OS X also call for increased processing muscle, he said. Apple made its first appearance at the Intel trade show, reporting that it has now transitioned its entire Macintosh PC line to Intel microprocessors. The chip's combination of fast processing and low power draw has allowed Apple to build creative products like an entire PC built into the back of a flat-screen monitor, said Phil Schiller, senior vice president for worldwide marketing at Apple. Intel's short-term answer for the growing computing challenge is a quad-core chip, scheduled to ship for servers and high-end gamers by November and for a larger audience in the first quarter of 2007. In the midrange, Intel continues to make progress in photonic computing, using a chip-scale,Â electrically pumped laserÂ announced last week. And the long-term answer could be the prototype of a frisbee-size, teraflop-speed chip Otellini showed off during his remarks at the conference. The chip could shrink the processing power of a room-size supercomputer down to a single chip, enabling data-intensive tasks like real-time video search and real-time speech translation between languages, Otellini said. The chip fits 80 cores on a single die, running at 10 gigaflops per watt at 3.1GHz. The mega-datacenters needed to feed such fast computers still demand improved power efficiency, said Luiz Barroso, a distinguished engineer at Google. One of the biggest wastes of computing electricity today is the power supply unit, which runs at just 55 to 70 percent efficiency as it struggles to provide a range of different voltages to a PC. In contrast, a single-voltage rail could provide 12 volts at 90 percent efficiency, he told the show crowd. At the level of an entire data center, about two-thirds of electricity produces wasted heat, not productive computing cycles, said Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer. Even Barroso's solution raises that sum merely to 50 percent efficiency. So Intel engineers are working on a power converter that skips redundant stages, providing high-voltage DC power at 90 percent efficiency, Rattner said. The improvement would allow companies to run 60 percent more servers per megawatt, or keep the same number of servers and pay a cheaper electric bill, he said.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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PARIS -- Apple Computer Inc. will begin shipping its new iMac G5 desktop computer worldwide in mid-September, the company's top marketing executive said Tuesday.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple introduced a refresh to its line of MacBook Pro laptop computers on Tuesday, raising CPU speeds and memory capacity and improving graphics performance across the line. The new systems can accommodate up to 4GB of RAM and feature CPU speeds of up to 2.4GHz. These new MacBook Pros are the first Apple laptops to feature Intel's Santa Rosa chipset, said Apple vice president of worldwide Mac product marketing David Moody. That's increased the systems' bus speed from 667MHz to 800MHz and also explains why the new MacBook Pros can allocate an extra gigabyte of RAM. The new 15-inch MacBook Pros are also the first Apple laptops to feature mercury-free, LED-backlit displays that Apple CEO Steve Jobs first hinted at in an open letter in May discussing Apple's environmental efforts. "These new displays are more power efficient as well," said Moody. "We've seen battery life extended 30 minutes to an hour." Unlike the CCFL (Cold Cathode Florescent Lamp) technology that powers previous MacBook Pros, LED-backlit displays don't require any "warmup" time to achieve full brightness, said Moody. The 17-inch MacBook Pro's display continues to use CCFL, according to Moody. 1680 x 1050 pixels remains the standard resolution on the 17-inch, but a higher-resolution 1900 x 1200 display is available as a configure-to-order option for an extra $100. "The new display lets video pros work in HD," said Moody. "You can see all 1080 lines of vertical resolution now." These are the first MacBook Pros to use Nvidia graphics processors. Previous models have been equipped with ATI's Mobility Radeon graphics. Inside the new mdoels is Nvidia's GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor. Features offered by the graphics processor include 128-bit High Dynamic Range support and 16x Full Screen Anti-Aliasing support. The chip features Nvidia's new "Lumenex Engine." "Nvidia just introduced this chip a few weeks ago," said Moody. Moody also shared some performance details of the new systems: Compared to Apple's first-generation Intel Core Duo-equipped MacBook Pros, the new systems are up to 50 percent faster working in select graphics applications, 57 percent faster in Quake 4, and 53 percent faster in Doom 3. It's also up to 37 percent faster working in Motion, Apple's pro video motion graphics software. The new models are clocked at either 2.2GHz or 2.4GHz (up from 2.16 or 2.33GHz, respectively) and utilize Intel's Core 2 Duo microprocessors equipped with 4MB of shared Level 2 cache, 800MHz frontside bus, and standard 2GB of 667MHz DDR SDRAM memory. All of the new MacBook Pros also feature 8x dual layer/double layer SuperDrives, built-in iSight cameras, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n wireless networking, ExpressCard/34 expansion, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, two USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire 800 port and FireWire 400 port, one audio line in, and one headphone out port, each with optical support; scrolling trackpad, and illuminated keyboard; Apple Remote and infrared port; and a DVI connector to attach up to a 30-inch display. The MacBook Pros ship with Mac OS X v10.4.9 and include Apple's standard iLife applications along with Safari, Mail, iCal, iChat AV, Front Row, and Photo Booth. The new MacBook Pros are now shipping. The base 15-inch model is clocked at 2.2GHz and includes 128MB VRAM and a 120GB hard drive. It's priced at $1,999. The 15-inch is also available at 2.4GHz with 256MB VRAM and a 160GB hard drive for $2,499. The 2.4GHz, 160GB 17-inch model costs $2,799. The higher-resolution display for the 17-inch adds $100 to the price.
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Apple Computer Inc. today revamped its all-in-one iMac desktop computers and debuted a new $1,999 top-end model with a 24-inch screen.
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If you&#8217;ve driven a Ford lately, chances are a Mac mini deserves some of the credit. Ford Motor has installed the Apple-made computers in two of the automaker&#8217;s northern Indiana factories as part of a sequencing solution to boost assembly line efficiency.
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The latest incarnation of Apple's iMac all-in-one desktop computer sports a new look and a beefy G5 processor. Computerworld Online News Editor Ken Mingis snagged one and offers his first take on the latest Mac.
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In early July, Apple stopped taking orders for iMacs, saying it had planned to have the next generation iMac available that month.
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Processors specially developed by Intel for Apple's new MacBook Air laptop will soon be used by other PC vendors in systems, possibly creating competition for what Apple calls the world's lightest and thinnest notebook.
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The latest computer in the iMac family literally puts Apple's trademark minimalism on a pedestal. The processor and drives are built into a sleek flat-panel display.
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Apple Computer Inc.  on  Wednesday said its entire line of iMac computers would use  faster microprocessors from Intel Corp. , and the  company introduced a $999 model of its popular PC line.
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AFTER a two-month delay, Apple has unveiled its new iMac desktop computer which integrates disk drives and processors into a flat display less than two inches (5cm) thick.
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Apple Computer Inc.  on  Wednesday said its entire line of iMac computers would feature  Intel Core 2 Duo processors, speeding up the performance of the  personal computers.
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In their weekly technology column for ABC News, Jonathan Blum and Dan Evans indicate that âthe latest version of Appleâs iMac desktop definitely deserves to be one of our picks of the week. It is impressive from both a technical and design standpoint.â iMac, they say offers âa tasteful combo of black and gray aluminum that will make even the dullest cubicle or home office look cool.â Whatâs more, they believe that any consumer âlooking to get going in the home media network thingâthat is, storing and routing music and movies to TV screens around the home using a digital networkâshould consider the new iMac.â
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Apple Computer on Tuesday added a 1.8 GHz single processor Power Mac G5 desktop to its 64-bit Power Mac G5 line priced at $1,499. The new 1.8 GHz Power Mac G5 features 6.4GB per second of fast memory bandwidth
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But the Air clones will be coming anyway The reduced-size 65nm Core 2 Duo designed by Intel and incorporated inside Apple's super-slim MacBook Air is available for other computer makers to buy, the chip company confirmed last week.â¦