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June 26, 2007

hardware

Core 2 Duo gains 1.33 GHz bus

Posted Jun. 26, ’07, 8:07 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Hardware

Core 2 Duo It’s been a little while since we revisited the latest in Intel technology, but one new juicy tidbit has been announced. Core 2 Duo chips will soon feature 1.33 GHz frontside busses. That’s double the speed of the Merom chips that fuel iMacs, MacBooks, and, up until recently, MacBook Pros (which now have a 800 MHz bus).

As it stands right now, only Mac Pros with their Xeon processors have 1.33 GHz bus speeds. With two dual core processors, the Mac Pro absolutely needs that extra bandwidth. As quad core chips become more common and the clock speeds increase in the Core 2 Duo chips, it becomes a necessity for them as well. However, considering these particular chips are designed for desktop use, we may not see them in a Mac any time soon (if ever). Apple’s already set the precedent for using only laptop chipsets in all Macs save the Mac Pro.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m almost starting to get the shakes from a lack of case redesigns and major specification overhauls.


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