CPU/Mobo Intel to Release Six-Core Chips for Desktops in a Year.

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Gulftown will also be compatible with the LGA 1366 socket, the Intel X58 chipset, and feature a TDP of 130W. When it eventually arrives, Gulftown will support 2x QPI (Intel's QuickPath Interconnect), 3x DDR3 800-1066 and 12 MB of shared L3 cache.
 
Intel Gulftown Rumoured to Arrive in Q2 2010

Intel Corp. is projected to release its first six-core microprocessors for desktops in the second quarter of 2010, nearly two years after the company began shipments of six-core chips for high-end x86 servers.

Intel Gulftown processors – which will be drop-in compatible with LGA1366 infrastructure – will have six physical cores with Hyper-Threading technology enabled, thus, capable of processing up to twelve threads at the same time. According to a news-story by HKEPC web-site, which cites mainboard makers, the code-named Gulftown processors made using 32nm process technology, will be launched in Q2 2010, a year from now.

The Gulftown chip belongs to Westmere family of microprocessors that have some micro-architectural advantages over currently available Core i7 processors that belong to Nehalem family. Gulftown will significantly boost performance of the microprocessors while staying in the same thermal envelope of 130W.

Intel did not comment on the news-story.
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Intel to Release Six-Core Chips for Desktops in a Year - X-bit labs
 
wow... intels on a frenzy... them releasing these cpus at such short intervals.. i mean the core i7 hasnt reached masses yet and still they would phase that out.. great.. signs of receding recession i guess...
 
Holy damn! Imagine pairing this with an EVGA X58 Classified..mmm... semiconductor porn!

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wow... intels on a frenzy... them releasing these cpus at such short intervals.. i mean the core i7 hasnt reached masses yet and still they would phase that out.. great.. signs of receding recession i guess...
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I think the i5 and i7 will occupy the mainstream segment in the future, much like the current C2D and C2Q.
 
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