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The PowerPC 970 ("G5") was the first 64-bit Mac processor. The PowerPC 970MP was the first dual-core Mac processor and the first to be found in a quad-core configuration. It was also the first Mac processor with partitioning and virtualization capabilities. Apple only used three variants of the G5, and soon moved entirely onto Intel architecture.
Intel Xe expands upon the microarchitectural overhaul introduced in Gen 11 with a full refactor of the instruction set architecture. [19] [4] While Xe is a family of architectures, each variant has significant differences from each other as these are made with their targets in mind.
Core i7, on the desktop platform no longer supports hyper-threading; instead, now higher-performing core i9s will support hyper-threading on both mobile and desktop platforms. Before 2007 and post-Kaby Lake, some Intel Pentium and Intel Atom (e.g. N270, N450) processors support hyper-threading.
June 6, 2005: Apple announced its plans to switch to Intel processors at the Worldwide Developer Conference and released a Developer Transition System, a PC running an Intel build of Mac OS X 10.4.1 in a modified Power Mac G5 case, to all Select and Premier members of the Apple Developer Connection at a price of $999. [1] [50]
At the Macworld Conference and Expo on January 10, 2006, Steve Jobs announced that the new iMac would be the first Macintosh to use an Intel processors. The introduction of the new iMac alongside the MacBook Pro was the start of the Mac transition to Intel processors, six months earlier than the timetable Apple established. [4]
Digital Foundry tested Intel's XeSS upscaler in Shadow of the Tomb Raider with stellar results. It showcases performance and image quality that is on par with DLSS. Intel XeSS Demo Flaunts Superb ...
Its performance was deemed "impressive", beating the highest-end Mac Pro with a 28-core Intel Xeon chip, while being significantly more power efficient and compact. [144] It was introduced alongside the Studio Display , meant to replace the 27-inch iMac, which was discontinued on the same day.
Some welcome good news for Intel is that going by an early test, XeSS appears to be seriously impressive. Intel Arc GPUs may have stumbled – but XeSS frame rate booster looks a triumph Skip to ...