napa vs. sonoma

복잡한 인텔의 CPU 를 따라가야 하는 인텔맥 사용자들.
우선 듀오와 싱글을 비교해보니 다음과 같이 요약될 수 있다고 한다.
위의 그림에 나오는 이름들은 개발명이고,
실제 제품으로 나올때는 듀오, 싱글, 제온 등으로 이름 붙이게 된다.

인텔맥 미니의 싱글 코어는 모바일 용으로 나온 요나 칩으로 생각된다.
여기에 64비트 프로세싱이 가능해지면 메롬이 된다.
메롬칩에 해당되는 데스크탑용 칩은 콘로.

서버용은 우드크레스트가 듀얼코어, 화이트필드가 쿼드코어!
2006년 8월 7일에 소개된 맥프로는 우드크레스트(일반명 제온)를 탑재했다.

인텔의 로드맵대로 시피유가 계속 나올지는 모르지만
다음 번에 맥을 산다면 메롬 혹은 콘로 칩을 장착한 맥을 사는 것이 좋을 것 같다.
레오퍼드는 64비트이기 때문에 64비트 시피유가 필요해질 테니까.

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napa vs. sonoma
duo vs. single
fsb 667MHz 533MHz
i945 chip i915 chipset

It's interesting to compare Apple's attitude vs. Intel's towards developers & the press. Intel details their processor roadmap for the next several years, while we have to guess what Apple will release in the next month. Of course that can backfire when a CPU is delayed or fails to match their promised specs, but it gives their developers a sense of security in their plans for the future.

Here's a look at Intel's CPU roadmap for 2006, via Engadget.

Intel's new processor lineup is focused squarely on reducing power consumption, decreasing heat production, increasing performace per cycle, but most noticeably, multi-core processors. Here are the names and details:

Yonah (mobile)

To be introduced at CES, January 2006
Official wattage consumption not yet available, expected to be far less than 30
At introduction expect-
1.66GHz to 2.33GHz dual-core chips
1.5GHz to 1.83GHz low-voltage dual-core chips
1.06GHz and 1.2GHz ultra-low voltage dual-core chips
1.66GHz and 1.83GHz single-core chips

Merom (mobile—post Yonah)

To be introduced in the 2nd half of 2006
Chips will debut in the low 2GHz range
Should incorporate 64-bit processing
Power consumption is targeted at 5 watts(!)
Conroe (desktop)

To be introduced in the 2nd half of 2006
Introductory speeds will be between 2-3GHz
Power consumption is targeted at 65 watts (compared to the P4’s 95 watts)
Woodcrest and Whitefield (server)

Woodcrest: dual-core / Whitefield quad-core
Power consumption is targeted at 80-90 watts (compared to the Xeon’s 110 watts)
Odds & Ends

Next gen chips will lose HyperThreading at first, and will begin to rely on true dual-core processing
Intel’s expects to yield power-saving processes that will run x86 code at high speeds but with ten times less power than currently—as little as 0.5 watts in the next few years. They showed off some design mockups, earlier.
Intel’s new VIIV spec should have the Yonah, Pentium D, or Pentium Extreme at its core, as well as requiring a 945G, 945P 955X, or Calistoga chipset, HD audio, and run XP MCE with Intel’s Integrated Media Server software. P.S. -It’s pronounced “vive,” as in vivacious.

Prescott-based CPUs will begin to reach 4GHz clock speeds and higher
Xscale chips were also demoed at 1.2GHz
Intel also mentioned their new blade-platform chips, Sossaman. These should run up to four cores, are based on Yonah chips, and consume less than 31 watts.