Intel to Launch Quad-Core Chips on November 13
In a race with rival Advanced Micro Devices, Intel will bring its quad-core chips to market in a new line of Hewlett-Packard workstations due to be introduced on November 13.
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15.10.2006 Intel Plans to Speed-Up Desktop Quad-Core Chips Bus
Intel Corp. may be planning to once again speed-up its quad-core offering next quarter and introduce a chip with four processing engines with 1333MHz processor system bus (PSB), a rather unexpected, but a very logical move of the worlds largest maker of x86 microprocessors.
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14.4.2007 Intel: 3GHz Quad-Core Chips, 1600MHz Processor Bus Coming
The worlds largest chipmaker Intel Corp. announced on Wednesday that its server and workstation products made using 45nm process technology will be available already this year.
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23.2.2007 Intel says new chips about 40 pct faster
Intel Corp. said a new line of computer processors due out later this year will be about 40 percent faster than current chips when running computer games, videos and other heavy workloads.
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18.4.2007 Intel Centrino 2 chips coming in two waves
Intel will roll out its first wave of mainstream 45-nanometer "Montevina" Centrino 2 mobile processors by June then follow this up in September with additional chips including the first quad-core mobile processor.
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14.3.2008 Intel Announces Quad-Core Processor
At an early morning keynote address to open the semi-annual Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, CEO Paul Otellini confirmed what hardware industry resources had already known for weeks: A Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor is coming this November for the enthusiast segment of the PC market, with Core 2 Quad processors for the mainstream segment and Quad-Core Xeon server processors soon to follow in the first quarter of next year.
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27.9.2006 Intel to Launch Core 2 Quad Chip in January
Intel plans to launch the third model of its four-core processor in January, continuing its efforts to stay ahead of Advanced Micro Devices on the next-generation processor family.
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20.12.2006 Intel Set to Postpone Introduction of New Quad-Core Microprocessors
Intel Corp. may postpone the actual release of its quad-core microprocessors produced using 45nm process technology due to an undisclosed defect and the fact that both Intel and its partners have a lot of central processing units (CPUs) with four processing engines made using 65nm tech in stock. It is unclear whether the delay will affect the worlds largest x86 chipmaker financially.
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20.12.2007 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Quad-Core Processor
Man, a lot is happening at this very moment in the hardware industry. It's called silly season, and every manufacturer will try to deliver it's best and most refreshing product just in time for you to purchase at Christmas.
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12.11.2007 Quad-Core Xeon System Previewed
Tyan Computer is showing off one of the first hardware systems containing Quad-Core Xeon 5300 processors at the Intel Developer Forum here today.
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17.10.2006 Introducing the AMD Phenom quad core processor
Delivering a four-core foreshadowing of innovations to come for PC enthusiasts worldwide, AMD today unveiled the upcoming AMD Phenom processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-AMD enthusiast platform, codenamed FASN8.
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14.5.2007 AMD's quad-core Barcelona coming in August
Advanced Micro Devices in August will begin selling its quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors, models that answer Intel's current products but soon will face stiffer competition.
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30.6.2007 Gateway to Put Quad-core Desktop, Media Drive in Stores
Gateway will be one of the first PC makers to put quad-core desktops on retail shelves. The company announced April 30 deals with Best Buy, Circuit City Stores and CompUSA to sell its FX series at stores nationwide.
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3.5.2007 AMD versus Intel, bye bye Intel
You may recall a few months back when AMD took out full-page newspaper ads to challenge Intel to a dual-core server duel. Intel declined to take up AMD on its offer, but the challenge got us thinking: what would the results of a dual-core desktop CPU fight look like? Many people equate Windows PCs with Intel Pentium processors (and soon will likely be doing the same with Macs), but we've seen dual-core CPU AMD systems power ahead of dual-core Intel-based PCs on more than one occasion.
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27.11.2005 Intel going for a new logo(?)
The new Intel processor, codename 'Yonah', announced for the 3rd of January 2006, will according to X86-secret simply be called 'Core Solo' or 'Core Duo'. Depending on the amount of cores (no way! where did they come up with that). It's more than 10 years ago since Intel created ax X86-architecture CPU that wasn't called 'Pentium'. Machines with Centrino CPU's will also get a new sticker-logo from now on, saying only 'Centrino', without the real CPU name. The amount of cores will still be mentioned on the sticker.
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16.11.2005 Intel CPU bugs
Kris Kaspersky, author of numerous books on reverse engineering and software engineering, will be presenting hisKris Kaspersky research on remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs at the upcoming Hack in the Box Security Conference in Malaysia.
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15.7.2008 Intel boosts Atom
Intel on Tuesday gave the first preview of its next-generation Atom chip, with a more integrated design intended to improve performance and energy efficiency.
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20.5.2009 Intel Macs may boot XP after all
Reports spreading across the web that Intel Macs can't boot Windows XP might be inaccurate, reports Dan Warne.
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14.1.2006 Intel Supports Overclocking with New Mainboard
In a bid to further tap into the segment of performance enthusiasts, Intel Corp. has quietly released its Desktop Board D975XBX2 mainboard that not only allows installing three graphics cards (two in ATI CrossFire mode for improved graphics performance and the third one, possibly, for physics), but also can overclock microprocessor and set memory to work at 800MHz clock-speed, something, which was not officially supported by Intel 975X core-logic originally.
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30.11.2006 Intel inside again for new Google servers
Intel, armed with a custom-designed motherboard, has reclaimed Google as a server customer after a year watching the search powerhouse give its business to Advanced Micro Devices, CNET News.com has learned.
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27.1.2007 Intel Readies Merom-L Core
In a bid to make manufacturing of Celeron M 500 CPUs economically more efficient, Intel will introduce a shrunk-down core in the near future.
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9.4.2007 Intel Launches "Santa Rosa"
Intel rolls out the red carpet for its next generation Centrino platform.
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10.5.2007 Microsoft-Intel Capable Collusion?
Microsoft is going to be in a heap of trouble because of the Windows Capable lawsuitand perhaps Intel, too. Windows Vista Capable certification for the Intel 915 chip set may have violated U.S. antitrust laws.
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29.2.2008 Intel E8500 CPU Review
In the world of CPUs (Central Processing Units) and motherboard chipsets Intel is the number one manufacturer and is the platform of choice for enthusiasts in the PC industry since the launch of the Core 2 series outshined the top CPUs at the time it was launched and they haven't looked back.
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24.3.2008 Microsoft and Intel to Support HD-DVD
Microsoft and Intel on Tuesday pledged their support for HD-DVD, the next-generation DVD format created by Toshiba. Microsoft had previously remained neutral in the standards war between HD-DVD and Sony-backed Blu-ray, as the company's VC-1 Windows Media Video codec will be included with both formats.
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Intel to take 'Averill' to market as Centrino-like platform
Intel will next year launch its third branded PC platform, after Centrino and Viiv, this time pitched at corporate desktops.
As yet there's no word on the platform's go-to-market brandname, but it will almost certainly be based on Intel's 'Averill' platform. Averill was announced at the chip giant's Developer Forum in March this year for availability in 2006.
Averill is based on Intel's upcoming 'Broadwater' chipset, which will ship primarily as the 965 family, but also as the 946 and 963 product lines, it is believed. The platform also takes in Intel's next-generation Gigabit Ethernet controller, 'Nineveh', and its 65nm dual- and single-core Pentium D and Pentium 4 6xx processors.
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1.12.2005 Intel launches Xeon 7100 processors
Intel is fighting back to recover the performance crown from rival AMD with the launch of a range of dual-core server and notebook processors.
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4.9.2006 Reversal of Fortune for AMD in Intel Case
The special master appointed to hear evidence from both parties in the AMD v. Intel antitrust case has recommended that Intel be compelled to produce documents for evidence that it had previously declined to submit.
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17.12.2006 Intels Extreme Processors Coming to Notebooks
There is no news that some companies and individuals install mobile processors into desktops to make them quieter and keep power consumption low, while other are installing high-performance desktop chips into mobile computers in order to run demanding applications faster.
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31.1.2007 Intel waiting for key update before going Vista
If it's not good enough for Intel, is it good enough for you? We're talking Microsoft's Windows Vista, which the chip giant's CEO, Paul Otellini, this week indicated has not won the backing of his technology experts.
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7.3.2007Intel Ships High-End Quad Core Chips
Intel began the multi-core era
by beating AMD to the punch by
releasing its first quad-core
chips for high-end
workstations and servers. Two
families would sport the
architecture: the Intel Xeon
5300 series processors, and
the Intel Core 2 Extreme
QX6700...
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14.11.2006Intel releases quad-core Tigerton processor
Intel plans to unveil a version of its Xeon processor on Wednesday that's designed for high-end servers with multiple processors -- setting the stage
for a showdown with rival Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming quad-core Barcelona chip.
The Xeon 7300 chips, called Tigerton, are
the first quad-core processors from Intel designed to be used in servers with four or more processors, a relatively small but lucrative segment of the
server market. Previously, the Xeon processor for this segment of the market had two cores, despite the availability of quad-core Xeon chips for
single-processor and two-way servers.
The new chips offer significantly better performance compared to their predecessors,
Intel's Xeon 5300 chips, said Adesh Gupta, regional platform architecture manager at Intel Asia-Pacific's Server Platforms Group. ..
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05.09.2007Intel Adds Processors, Cuts Core 2 Quad, Xeon Prices
With the Intel Nehalem chip on its way, Intel is cutting the prices of some of its high-end desktop processors and adding some chips into its lineup.
The new Intel chips include the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 processor for high-end and gaming desktop PCs.
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11.08.2008No Cheaper Quad-Core Chips from Intel Shortly Sources
Even though there are not a lot of single-core chips in Intels microprocessor lineup now, quad-core processors are not going to become really
affordable soon enough. After Intel introduces its new 45nm central processing units in January, 2008, the company will not cut pricing of its Intel
Core 2 Quad below $266.
The new code-named Yorkfield processors, which will be sold under Intel Core 2 Quad trademark with Q9550,
Q9450 and Q9300 model numbers, will be priced at $530, $316 and $266 in 1000-unit quantities, respectively. Intel will also not cease to offer its
65nm quad-core microprocessors Q6700 and Q6600 for $530 and $266, respectively. The newer chips are projected to deliver considerably higher
performance compared to predecessors thanks to improved micro-architecture, higher-speed processor system busses and cache sizes.
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13.10.2007Quad-Core Chips: Intel 2, AMD 0
Intel debuted its second
quad-core Extreme processor
Monday, running at 2.93GHz,
further distancing itself from
rival AMD, which has yet to
officially ship a processor
with four cores...
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10.04.2007Intel makes low-power quad CPUs, price cuts official
Intel has quietly made sweeping changes to its desktop processor line that lead off with its first high-efficiency quad-core chips. The 2.83GHz Core 2
Quad Q9550s, 2.66GHz Q9400s and 2.33GHz Q8200s all use just 65W of power versus the 95W of their predecessors at the same speed. Dropping the energy
output is not only eco-friendly but also more space-efficient, letting system designers fit full-speed desktop chips into smaller enclosures.
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19.01.2009Intel ships 1 million quad-core CPUs
Intel has shipped more than 1
million quad-core Xeon 5300
microprocessors since
introducing them in November
2006, meeting a goal announced
by company executives earlier
this year.
"We have
shipped more than 1 million so
far," said Danny Cheung, an
Intel spokesman in Singapore.
The millionth quad-core Xeon
chip was shipped earlier this
month, he said.
Intel's quad-core Xeon
5300 series, also known by the
code name Clovertown, was
released last November. The
chips helped lead the
company's recovery in the
server chip market, taking
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29.06.2007Demand for Quad-Core Processors Accelerating Intel
After a relatively slow start quad-core processors are beginning to rapidly gain popularity among various customers. Paul Otellini, chief executive of
Intel Corp. said during a conference with financial analysts on Tuesday that shipments of chips with four processing engines topped three million
units last quarter.
We launched our first quad-core processor in November of last year, and by the
second quarter
had shipped our first million units. With demand for our quad-core products accelerating, we shipped over 2 million units in the third quarter
alone. We now offer over 20 unique quad-core processor designs, said Mr. Otellini during the conference call with financial analysts.
Growing demand towards quad-core microprocessor is a result of relatively moderate pricing on them, which begins at $266 for Intel Core 2
Quad Q6600 as well as availability of software that takes advantage of multi-core chips.
winbeta.org - 18.10.2007
Intel readies Penryn chips, may release Silverthorne early
Following the launch of Intel's quad-core Xeon 7300 processor on Wednesday, the company's efforts are now focused on preparations for the rollout of
its first Penryn chips later this year. And there are signs the company is planning an early 2008 release of its Silverthorne chip for ultramobile PCs
and handheld devices.
Intel confirmed plans to release a server version of Penryn before the end of this year, but the company is
releasing little information about its plans for mobile and desktop versions of the chip. Penryn will offer better performance than Intel's current
processors, and the company is counting on them to hold off any gains rival Advanced Micro Devices makes with the release of its quad-core Barcelona
chips next week.
"So far what we've said is that we intend to ship a broad family of 45-nanometer processors by the end of the
year," said Nick Jacobs, an Intel spokesman in Singapore, referring to the technology used to produce the Penryn chips. ..
winbeta.org - 06.09.2007
AMD Shows Off More Quad-Core Server Processor Benchmark Results
Advanced Micro Devices
recently demonstrated more
test results of its quad-core
code-named Barcelona
processors for servers, which
once again confirmed the
potential of its new chips,
but also rose questions
whether the current
implementation of the product
can beat the competing Intel
Xeon offerings hands down.
The new quad-core AMD
Opteron Barcelona processors
at 2.60GHz can deliver 21%
performance gain compared to
quad-core Intel Xeon 5355
(2.66GHz) in SPECint_rate2006
and 50% speed improvement over
Intel Xeon 5355 in
SPECfp_rate2006 benchmarks.
The integer and floating point
benchmarks results of AMDs
code-named Barcelona imply
that the new product by AMD is
considerably faster compared
to Intels quad-core chip at
the same clock-speed.
Unfortunately, Barcelonas
test results are estimated
performance of the chip at
2.60GHz based on internal AMD
emulations, whereas the first
quad-core processors from AMD
due to be available in
September will only hit
frequencies of up to 2.0GHz.
Meanwhile, Intel Corp. plans
to release its quad-core Intel
Xeon X5365 (3.0GHz) chip
towards September as well,
whereas no quad-core AMD
Opteron products with higher
than 2.0GHz clock-speeds are
projected until Q4 2007...
winbeta.org - 03.07.2007
Intel Expands Quad-Core Lineup
The world’s largest
chipmaker Intel Corp. has
unveiled several new quad-core
microprocessors at the
Consumer Electronics Show in
Las Vegas Nevada and now
offers nine chips for desktop,
server and workstation
applications that feature four
processing engines. With the
latest announcements, Intel
now offers nine quad-core
microprocessors for various
market segments: Intel Core 2
Quad Q6600 and Intel Core 2
Extreme QX6800 for desktops,
Intel Xeon X5355, E5345,
E5335, E5320 and E5310
microprocessors for
dual-socket server and
workstation systems as well as
Intel Xeon chips X3220 and
X3210 for single-processor
systems.
Despite
of the fact that the newly
introduced Intel Core 2 Quad
Q6600 chip is sold for
$851 instead of $531
rumoured previously, Intel
considers $851 price-point
for a chip normal for
“everyone’s
PC”, even though several
years ago the highest
price-point for Intel’s
most innovative chips was
$637. “Today Intel
delivers another breakthrough
– quad-core technology
for anyone's PC. The
performance once requiring a
supercomputer is now on the
desktop, allowing you to do
new and amazing things,”
said Intel president and chief
executive Paul Otellini.
neowin.net - 10.01.2007
Intel profit jumps 44 percent despite price war
Intel said its quarterly
profit rose 44 percent over
last year, reaching $1.3
billion as low selling prices
for its microprocessors were
offset by higher than expected
unit shipments.
The
results came despite an
ongoing price war as Intel and
rival AMD struggle for larger
shares of the processor
market. Both companies have
been cutting prices on their
chips as they upgrade their
products from standard chips
to dual-core and quad-core
processors.
Intel is
also in the final stages of a
corporate reorganization that
included the layoffs of
thousands of workers in 2006,
and at least 1,800 more
layoffs planned for August.
The company incurred
restructuring charges of $82
million during the most recent
quarter as it continued to
adjust to the changes, Intel
said on Tuesday. ..
winbeta.org - 18.07.2007
Quad-Core Xeon System Previewed
Tyan Computer is showing off
one of the first hardware
systems containing Quad-Core
Xeon 5300 processors at the
Intel Developer Forum here
today.
The device,
aimed at small offices or home
offices, carries several of
the new Intel chips, which
contain four microprocessor
cores each. Multicore chips
allow a computer to split up
heavy workloads, and Intel
says it has worked hard to
make them as power efficient
as possible.
The
new Tyan computers will
contain a total of 40 cores
each and perform at 250G
floating-point operations per
second (flops) or faster, said
Symon Chang, Tyan president
and CEO.
The
computers, which are taller
than a large trunk but about
the same width, will cost
around ษ,000 to
ฮ,000 each and will
launch on November 14, he
added.
Intel has
said it will bring its
quad-core chips to market in a
new line of Hewlett-Packard
Co. workstations due to be
introduced on November 13.
neowin.net - 17.10.2006
AMD and Intel Compare Future Processors in SPEC
Performance of current central processing units may impress, but nothing impresses more than the speed of the forthcoming products. Both Advanced
Micro Devices and Intel Corp. have released SPECfp_rate2006 and SPECint_rate2006 test results of their unreleased processors recently on their
web-sites to impress the public.
If SPEC benchmark results published by AMD and Intel are to be believed, then a system with two
Intel Xeon quad-core microprocessors based on the new micro-architecture at 3.20GHz clock-speed will offer much higher floating point performance than
currently available dual-processor server machines. While the results of a 2P machine featuring a pair of quad-core AMD Opteron at 2.50GHz reveal
potential, its performance is much slower compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 5400-series-based machine (with 3.20GHz CPU clock speed and 1.60GHz processor
system bus speed) in the crucial SPECfp_2006, according to Intel (see slide 18 of this presentation).
At present, quad-core AMD Opteron processor does not have any advantage over quad-core Intel Xeon processor when it comes to integer computations
at the same clock-speed. Nevertheless, the new micro-architecture of AMDs quad-core chips allows the central processing units (CPUs) to outperform
Intel quad-core Xeon central processing units by 26% when it comes to floating point computations. However, performance comparison between the
forthcoming chips may become much different.
winbeta.org - 28.09.2007
Intel to Ship One Million of Quad-Core Chips by Mid-2007
Paul Otellini, chief executive
of the world's largest x86
microprocessor maker Intel
Corp. said that his company
was on track to ship one
million of central processing
units with four cores by
mid-2007. The company did not
reveal how many of quad-core
chips will be shipped
throughout the year, but
earlier it was estimated that
there will be millions
supplied. "We continued to
advance our technology in Q4
by launching the industry's
first quad-core processors for
volume servers and PCs. We
launched nine different
versions, including the first
Core 2 Quad processors for
mainstream PCs, and we are
well on track to deliver 1
million quad-core processors
by the middle of 2007," Paul
Otellini said during a
conference call with financial
analysts.
Currently
the world's largest maker of
chips offers Intel Core 2 Quad
Q6600 and Intel Core 2 Extreme
QX6800 for desktops, which are
priced at $851 and
$999, respectively. In
addition, the company ships
five dual-core Intel Xeon
X5355, E5345, E5335, E5320 and
E5310 microprocessors for
dual-socket server and
workstation systems as well as
two Intel Xeon chips X3220 and
X3210 for single-processor
systems. Earlier it was
reported that quad-core
microprocessors' share among
Intel's desktop shipments
will be only 3% in 2007, which
is a very significant number,
in fact.
neowin.net - 18.01.2007
Intel roadmap update -
prototypes of first quad-core
desktop processor built
Chicago (IL) - Intel
is pushing ahead its
multi-core strategy and
currently is working on at
least 21 different processors,
TG Daily has learned.
Virtually all new Intel chips
released between 2006 and 2008
will be based on mobile
processor technology and will
include the already taped out
65 nm quad-core desktop
processor "Kentsfield" and
the 45 nm eight-core
"Yorkfield"
chip.
In
January, Intel will officially
begin the transition from the
current 90 nm to the 65 nm
processor generation with the
desktop dual-core processor
Pentium D 900 ("Presler")
and the mobile chips Core Solo
and Duo ("Yonah"). Intel is
busy informing financial
analysts and journalists about
the success it had with
ramping 65 nm production,
which, if we believe Intel,
already has achieved the yield
levels of previous mature
process
technologies.
In
fact, Intel has begun
developing the 45 nm process
generation in its Oregon
campus and already has
initiated research on 32 nm,
which is expected to be used
for volume production in the
2009 time frame. Sources now
told TG Daily and Tom's
Hardware Guide that Intel is
working on at least 21 new 65
nm and 45 nm processors - 17
of which will be released
between 2006 and 2008...
winbeta.org - 04.12.2005
Intel to Launch 45nm Desktop Chips in Q4 Documents
Intel Corp. has decided to
bring the launch of its 45nm
quad-core chips forward to the
fourth quarter of 2007. This
will allow the company to be
in full position to compete
against the new family of
products by its main rival
Advanced Micro Devices.
According to
documents seen by X-bit labs,
Intel will release its new
Intel Core Extreme processor
with four processing engines
made using 45nm process
technology in Q4 2007. The
document states that launch
of the Intel Core Extreme
processor pulls into Q407,
emphasizing that the actual
brand-name of the product is
not yet determined. What is
highly likely is that the
top-of-the range extreme
processor will be clocked at
3.33GHz, will use 1333MHz
processor system bus and will
have 12MB of level-two cache
in total.
Contemporary mainboards
based on Intel 3-series
chipsets already support
Intels 45nm central processing
units, whereas some mainboard
makers, namely Asustek
Computer, have also enabled
support for the new chips on
previous-generation
motherboards...
winbeta.org - 02.08.2007
New Stepping G Intel Core 2 chips clocking over 4 GHz
The latest manufacturing
revision of 65nm Intel Core 2
Duo chips based on the new
G0 Stepping is hitting
stable clock speeds in excess
of 4 GHz according to Tomshardware
. With the help of some
extreme motherboards like the
Gigabyte P35T-DQ6 which
Gigabyte calls Ultra Durable
2 technology and some
DDR2-1000 high-performance
memory, were seeing dual-core
and even quad-core G0 Stepping
CPUs reach uncharted waters in
Desktop CPU performance.
On the
Server side, overclocking is
never used but there are
significant energy efficiency
implications and well
basically see all the Intel
Clovertown quad core server
chips shift a notch down on
the TDP scale. This means the
Clovertown 3.0 GHz quad core
CPU which had a TDP of 150
watts (used in Apples high-end
8-core workstation) will now
drop down to 120 watts which
means it can be used in
conventional servers. The
2.66 and 2.33 GHz Clovertown
quad core CPUs will drop down
to the 80 watt TDP bracket and
the 2.0 GHz Clovertown quad
core CPU will drop down in to
the low-voltage category of 50
watts TDP.
Stepping G0 is probably
the last and most mature
version of Intels 65nm
manufacturing before Intel
switches to their new 45nm
High-K dry lithography
manufacturing process which
will launch towards the end of
this year.
winbeta.org - 02.08.2007
AMD Plans to Ship Hundreds of Thousand Quad-Core Chips This Quarter
Advanced Micro Devices was struggling to deliver its quad-core processors onto the market for many months, but when the worlds second largest maker of
x86 central processing units (CPUs) finally managed to introduce its quad-core chips, it turned out that demand exceeds AMDs supplies, the chipmaker
admitted. Still, AMD hopes to improve its quad-core shipments sometime in November.
While our initial production ramp of
quad-core Opterons has been slower than anticipated, we expect quad-core Opteron will be widely available by the middle of this quarter; and, we
expect to ship hundreds of thousands of quad-core processors this quarter into the server and desktop segments, said Dirk Meyer, chief operating
officer of AMD, during the companys quarterly conference call with financial analysts.
AMD formally unveiled its quad-core server
processors on September 10 and since then a number of observers noted that the new chips are not really widely available. In fact, it is not
surprising, as the company shipped less than a hundred of thousand quad-core processors for mainstream servers during its third quarter that ends on
the first of October, which means that revenue shipments of quad-core chips that started in mid-August were not really significant.
winbeta.org - 19.10.2007
Intel to Launch Core 2 Quad Chip in January
Intel plans to launch the
third model of its four-core
processor in January,
continuing its efforts to stay
ahead of Advanced Micro
Devices on the next-generation
processor family. Intel will
launch the Core 2 Quad chip
for high-end desktop PCs
during the CES trade show in
Las Vegas the week of Jan. 8,
industry sources said. The new
chip follows Intel's launch
in November of its quad-core
Xeon 5300 for servers and Core
2 Extreme QX6700 for
gamers.
Quad-core
chips can handle complex tasks
faster than single-core chips
by using multithreaded
software to break each job
into smaller pieces, then
computing them simultaneously.
The chips are most popular
with users of servers and
workstations running programs
like digital media creation
and high-end gaming.
neowin.net - 20.12.2006
