New iMac with ThunderBolt ... Plausible to Use?

[Wayne Morellini]

We dont even need a sata connector anymore with tb. Why did they bother, i thought the point was to be able to replace interfaces with a standard one, alowing them to replace that port in future. I looked forward to the day when most desktop interfaces are replaced with one simple one.

Anyway, we have gotten away from the original question a bit, but the to add to the answer, it seems you dont need thunderbolt and red rocket the beefier imac can handle it if you use the right software that takes advantage of extra cores, all cpu features and a beefy gpu processing ability. Seems final cut x has added this but if it works for red footage remains to be seen and adobe has it. Doublely and triplely cool.

I have been resding eetimes (actual old electronics engineering industry newsletter), where you will find out about micosoft's plans for arm desktop version of windows, the amd arm deal etc (fusion conference coming up) and that the new 22 nanometer ivy bridge process us not currently announced for mobile chips, but fie desktop. Intel is apparently viaing to produce the Apple dedigned arm chips, and the tri gate 22 nanometer process is something I imagine mighr be very useful for it. So unless Jeff has something else to add, I guess thread halted until more redrocket through thunderbolt info and reports comes.

Thanks Jeff and all.

 

[Wayne Morellini]

Ok Jeff. The Arm version of desktop windows 8 is definite. The 22 nanometer tri-gate Intel process is being reserved for desktop until a year or two latter (and suggestions others suggest more sutable for that). Which is no surprise as atom does not use latest processes either. I suspect they have to ramp up capacity and have to give preference to which market to use it. I suspect it is a matter of bringing more foundaries on line with the process and refinement. The only other people to see it in the meantime in their labs is likely to be arm licences contract manufacturing through intel, like intel is trying to get arm to do (I suspect some technoligy advantage up their sleves again, the intel charm) and maybe some freinds who are allready world leaders in low powered small processor design. I have come up with a possible solution for cheap sub nanometer process.

The arm solution in a few years is upto 8 cores, that is more than enough for most desktop performance. But that does not stop licencies from going to as many cores as practical with their versions.

Apple is rumored to be producing laser projector, as Red is also, hdtv's. and you will like this blade sized mac pro that can fit into a blade slot. So maybe you will ger yiur smaller macpro.

I think what these guys are "smoking" sometimes, is around .