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Wow AMD way to go. Finally hexa-core is mainstream.

Dunno if Intel has plans for Gulftown siblings for s1156,but havent heard of any. 32nm is still in infancy, and Intel dont want to hurt margins (why build 6 when 4 are good enough)

This should be competitive with Bloomfield and Lynnfield(i7 9XX and i7 8XX) .

It eventually boils down to the actual pricing AND overclocking this new chip delivers.

PS: I just hope Thuban comes over Bloomfield. If 3 can beat 2, 6 SHOULD beat 4 now :bleh:

PS2: Oh I heard these have Turbo boost as well ! Lets see some numbers then :)
 
soumalidon said:
hmmm i hope they OC well im already in the stages of setting up for this chip....
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I would not have my hopes up buddy....the top end of these would probably be clocked at 2.8GHz or so.
 
sorry i didnt read the details (are they available yet)... but is this a "native mcm" hexa core? meaning is it 2 dies each of tri-core? any silliness like its actually a double-quad-core (octacore) but they have disabled 2 cores intentionally to make it hexa?
 
vishalrao said:
sorry i didnt read the details (are they available yet)... but is this a "native mcm" hexa core? meaning is it 2 dies each of tri-core? any silliness like its actually a double-quad-core (octacore) but they have disabled 2 cores intentionally to make it hexa?
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See, the Phenom II aka DENEB design permits a maximum of 6MB L3 cache and was built to support 4COREs and 6CORES(as their server 6 cores came out LAST year itself).......

So, the can manufacture NATIVE 4 Cores OR 6 CORES with this Architecture, and no, it's not 2x4COres -2cores disabled.

The line up has 5 Thubans, four of them are 6 cores, one is a 4 core, which is UNDOUBTEDLY a harvested 6 core which has chances of unlocking, cuz it supports C-state boost and Power Gating, same as THUBAN.

Also, that 4 core (from 6 core) is Phenom II X4 960T 3.3GHz TDP-95W, interesting huh!
 
lol ^

cool, if this really is a "native" 6 core (with no funny business) then i will be nighly interesting in getting this maybe near the end of this year with a nice amd 890 or 9xx mobo to replace my current desktop :)
 
vishalrao said:
lol ^

cool, if this really is a "native" 6 core (with no funny business) then i will be nighly interesting in getting this maybe near the end of this year with a nice amd 890 or 9xx mobo to replace my current desktop :)
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Even if this is not a native 6 core , but I will still upgrade to Thurban if its worth it in q3 2010 or q4 2010.

I am really desperate to see some scores from Thurban CPU's
 
More than the processor itself, i really want the newer games to be well optimized for multi core processors, otherwise there is no use, Thuban or propus will not make much difference.
 
Yeah, talking about games, Battlefield Bad Company IS hell of a SUPERBly OPTIMIZED game, shit I havn't played such a beautifully smooth game in a long time to put it together.
 
i'm more interested in the C-state Performance boost which these Thubans r going to show, coz AMD said "we'll show u what Turbo Boost is", and yes these are Native 6 cores, derived from Istanbul Opteron processors
 
ya i also want to see the scores too :(, im blindly buying the parts and keeping them ready for when its released. Lets seee how it goes, im sure it wont disappoint.
 
soumalidon said:
ya i also want to see the scores too :(, im blindly buying the parts and keeping them ready for when its released. Lets seee how it goes, im sure it wont disappoint.
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Lets all hope it doesn't dissapoint

I am deeply waiting for Phenom II x2 xxxT
 
TechConnect Magazine - AMD Phenom II X6 clocks leaked

Just over a month from now AMD will introduce its own desktop-oriented hexa-core processors (codename) Thuban, the first release wave being set to include four chips - the Phenom II X6 1035T, 1055T (in 95W and 125W TDP versions), and the 1075T. The upcoming CPUs have been pretty much confirmed to have 9MB of L3 cache and an integrated DDR3 memory controller, and to be manufactured on 45nm technology but their frequencies have not been revealed, until today.

Courtesy of a couple BIOS updates released by Gigabyte (and leaked CPU support lists), we now know that the X6 1035T will have its six cores set to 2600 MHz / 2.6 GHz, while the X6 1055T will be set @ 2800 MHz / 2.8 GHz. Expanding on the info available it's clear that the highest-end hexa-core prepped by AMD for next month, the Phenom II X6 1075T will be clocked at 3.0 GHz, 333 MHz under Intel's own Core i7 980X EE. Don't expect AMD's chips to take on Intel's EE models but they should give the LGA 1156 Core i7s a run for their money. Now all we need is the prices...
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PoBoy said:
TechConnect Magazine - AMD Phenom II X6 clocks leaked
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True, i7-9xx series are absolute monsters.. Give'em single threaded or multi-threaded app's and they give any and every AMD a good whipping... And when OC'd.. Well that's a different story all-together...

If AMD's turbo-boost (dunno yet!!!) is good as they say let's see if they can really match up to the i7-9XX series...

The i5-750 and the i7-8xx might be sniffing some competition...
 
St.John said:
True, i7-9xx series are absolute monsters.. Give'em single threaded or multi-threaded app's and they give any and every AMD a good whipping... And when OC'd.. Well that's a different story all-together...

If AMD's turbo-boost (dunno yet!!!) is good as they say let's see if they can really match up to the i7-9XX series...

The i5-750 and the i7-8xx might be sniffing some competition...
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and for the cost of just the i7 980X, u can almost two entire AMD PII X4 based rigs, with their very top end proccy for now, X4 965 C3 :D
And suppose someone buys the i7 980X now for bout 60k. By the time games and apps [ i dont mean those optimized softwares used for benching] really become optimized for 10 or more threads, there should be lot other proccys available with similar performance, and price almost one sixth or one eighth of the 60k.

[btw i think there shouldnt be much difference in cost of production b/w an i7 920 and an i7 980X. Where do all these cash goes ? ]
 
[btw i think there shouldnt be much difference in cost of production b/w an i7 920 and an i7 980X. Where do all these cash goes ? ]
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the i980X is cheaper to produce, yes, it's die size is 23mm^2 smaller than i920....

but the price isn't indicative of that :P
 
dOm1naTOr said:
[btw i think there shouldnt be much difference in cost of production b/w an i7 920 and an i7 980X. Where do all these cash goes ? ]
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comp@ddict said:
the i980X is cheaper to produce, yes, it's die size is 23mm^2 smaller than i920....

but the price isn't indicative of that :P
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Yields decide the prices. A 980x might be on a smaller die, it does not necessarily mean its cheaper to produce. If the yields are not good. the unit price automatically increase. But then its role in the prices is also to an extent only.
 
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