According to one of our sources, Apple is finalizing the future Mac Pro models. They are currently testing the last evolution of Xeon CPU, known as Gulftown, that Intel only demoed a couple of times so far.This Xeon is an evolution of those already powering Mac Pro 2009 with some new features:
6 cores and 12 threads for each CPU.
12 MB of shared cache instead of 8 MB today.
32-nm engraving vs. 45 nm today.
Power consumption of future hexacore Xeon 32 nm will be slightly lower than the one of current quad core Xeon engraved at 45 nm.
