Xserve Rumors Archive
This page archives Xserve related news and rumors published on MacRumors.com. It only contains articles relating specifically to the Xserve product and is only a small minority of articles displayed on MacRumors.
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Apple Announces Penryn Mac Pros and Xserves
January 08, 2008
Apple today revised the Mac Pro and Xserve with a new architecture and the recently released Penryn Processors. The Mac Pro combines two 45-nm Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2GHz and up to 4TB of internal storage. The standard 8-core con...
Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.1
November 29, 2007
Apple has released Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.1.What’s New in this Version
- This update includes changes to the Lights-Out Management environment of the Intel-based Xserve. It addresses the intermittent issue that causes the LOM...
Apple Releases Server Admin Tools 10.5
October 26, 2007
Adding to the flurry of software updates released this week, Apple has released Server Admin Tools 10.5.
Apple's Server Admin Tools software is used to administer (remotely or locally) Apple's Mac OS X Server products. This latest release require...
Apple Releases EFI Firmware Updates
September 27, 2007
Apple released a number of EFI Firmware Updates for the iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro and Xserve today.
The update describes various fixes including
- Improves performance and reliability of Intel Core 2 Duo Processors (iMac, MacBook, Mac...
Upcoming 45nm Xeon Processors from Intel
July 17, 2007
DailyTech.com reports on an internal memo from Intel listing the speeds for Intel's upcoming 45nm Xeon ("Penryn") processors due in late 2007.
"Penryn" is the next chip family based on the Core micro-architecture and will include a number of enhan...
Older Xserve News and Rumors
Apr 17, 2007: Intel's Penryn Chip Performance BoostsAug 07, 2006: Intel-based Xserve Announced
Aug 02, 2006: WWDC: Leopard Features? Xserves and Mac Pros?
Aug 02, 2006: WWDC Keynote Info? XServe, Mac Pro, Displays?
Jun 14, 2006: Woodcrest June 26th. XServe Too?
May 31, 2006: Intel Xserve July, Mac Pro (Intel PowerMac) in August?
May 31, 2006: Updated Intel Product Pipeline Uncovered?
May 24, 2006: FBDIMM Support On Intel PowerMac/XServe?
May 24, 2006: Pre-Release PowerMac/XServe Replacement CPU Benchmarks?
Apr 28, 2006: Intel Chip Delivery Moving Up?
Mar 06, 2006: Intel Merom (64-bit Mobile Processor) Due in September?
Feb 07, 2006: Intel's Tulsa Server Processor, and IBM Power 6
Jan 15, 2006: Macworld San Francisco 2006 Rumor Wrapup: Winners and Losers
Aug 18, 2005: Xserve Refresh?
Jun 05, 2005: 'Intel Based Mac' Rumor Roundup... [Updated x2]
Jan 04, 2005: New Xserves Released, Xsan Now Shipping
Jan 03, 2005: Xserves, Xsan & Display Price Drops Tuesday?
Dec 21, 2004: Xsan Release Delayed
Dec 08, 2004: 2.3/2.5 Ghz Xserve Updates?
Sep 28, 2004: Virginia Tech Upgrades to 2.3GHz Xserves
Aug 10, 2004: Product Inventory Delays?
Jul 23, 2004: Dual Core PowerPC 970s
Jul 13, 2004: UMaine Building 256 Node G5 Supercomputer
Jul 05, 2004: UCLA Plasma Physics 256 G5 Cluster
Mar 23, 2004: Apple Xserve G5 - Now Shipping
Mar 08, 2004: Xserve G5s Delayed
Feb 17, 2004: ISSCC 2004: IBM on PowerPC 970FX
Feb 13, 2004: IBM Announces New Chip Making Method
Feb 12, 2004: Buy a Virginia Tech Cluster PowerMac G5
Feb 11, 2004: IBM Delivering 90nm Chips?
Feb 03, 2004: 16GB RAM Xserve Graphic?
Jan 27, 2004: Virginia Tech PowerMac G5 to Xserve G5 Upgrade
Jan 15, 2004: Virginia Tech Cluster Moving to Xserve G5s?
Jan 12, 2004: Xserve G5s to Replace PowerMacs in 'Big Mac'?
Jan 09, 2004: MacWorld SF 2004 Rumor Wrapup: Winners and Losers
Jan 08, 2004: iPod Mini and Xserve G5 Photos
Jan 06, 2004: Xgrid Previewed
Jan 06, 2004: Xserve G5 Released
Jan 03, 2004: 1U And 3U G5 Xserves at MWSF? And Xserve RAID [updated]
Jan 01, 2004: MacWorld San Francisco 2004 Rumor Roundup [Updated]
