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Hardware Mac Pro Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen Mac Pro units to feature Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 and 8-core Xeon X5 CPUs

This could be snazzy. Per MIC Gadget, Apple’s anticipated Mac Pro update will feature Intel Xeon E5 series processors with either six or eight cores, as well as native support for USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt. The new Mac Pro desktop tower has been given a codename of K5B according to the report. It will also […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro Rumor

Rumor: Purported next-gen 13-inch MacBook specs image excludes Retina Display

You might not be too enamored with this. Per Macotakara, an image claiming to show specifications for an unreleased 13-inch MacBook Pro shows the notebook equipped with an Ivy Bridge processor and USB 3.0 ports, but without a high-resolution Retina display. The image could easily have been faked. Even so, the questionable image shows hardware […]

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Hardware MacBook Air News Processors

Intel releases 14 low-voltage Ivy Bridge CPUs

It’s just a question of when Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors arrive within an updated MacBook Air notebook. Per Engadget, Intel on Thursday announced 14 new Ivy Bridge processors, four of which are ultra-low voltage chips that could find their way into Apple’s updated MacBook Air lineup. All of the ultra-low voltage lineup has two cores […]

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Benchmark Hardware iMac MacBook Pro Rumor

Uncovered Geekbench benchmarks hint at speedy next-gen MacBook Pro, iMac computers

It’s the benchmarks that get you interested in a new architecture. Per MacRumors, a series of Geekbench benchmarks that appear to be from unreleased versions of Apple’s MacBook Pro and iMac computers have surfaced online and serve as compelling evidence of upcoming upgrades from the company. Scores for a MacBook Pro9,1 and an iMac13,2 were […]

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Apple TV Hardware News Processors

Third-generation Apple TV A5 processor studied, second core found

This is sort of interesting. An investigation into the custom A5 chip used in Apple TV has found that the new Application Processor uses both a smaller, more efficient 32nm die process and actually incorporates two cores, one of which is simply turned off. Per Chipworks, the custom A5 “APL2498” used in the third generation, […]