Macworld reports that Intel is set to reveal its first eight-core processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month. The ISSCC program reveals that Intel will discuss an "eight-core, 16-thread Xeon processor manufactured with a 45-nanometer process".
Yes, we are hoping to see these in Mac Pros and XServes. The timing could be the reason Apple is waiting to release the new Mac Pros. Macworld speculates that it could be the Tylersburg Platform.
The timing of the presentation suggests the eight-core Xeon processor is likely to be the
