AMD and Intel Soon Ready to Kick Off the Six-Core Revolution
AMD and Intel Soon Ready to Kick Off the Six-Core Revolution
Posted 01/29/2010 at 6:08am
| by Paul Lilly
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Ready or not, six-core computing is coming, and it's coming from both sides of the tracks. We all know about Intel's plan to move to six-core chips, which will start with the Core i7 980X, a pricey processor (think at least $1,000) designed for socket 1366 systems. Look for this one to debut around the end of March.
But AMD also has plans to compete in the six-core sector and, according to news and rumor site DigiTimes, will launch three six-core desktop chips under its new Phenom II x6 1000T series in May 2010. These will consist of the Phenom II X6 1075T, 1055T, and 1035T, each of which is being built on a 45nm manufacturing process.
Coinciding with AMD's six-core parts will be a couple of new chipsets, the 890FX (RD890) and 890GX (RS880D).
No official word on pricing from either side just yet.
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DBsantos77
January 29, 2010 at 12:06pm
AHHH! I can't FRICKIN WAIT!
This is gonna be AWESOME for 3D work!
Also, AMD is supposed to keep AM3, WOOOT! 6-Cores!
-Santos
jlh304
January 29, 2010 at 9:51am
I would really like to see more games and other programs take advantage of this. I mean there are a lot of dual procs out there and a fair amount of quads. But so many programs are still single thread. I know the hardware has to come first but I would say it's been around now we should have more to show. At this point I would rather see some faster clock speeds on quads (without having to over clock for my 4g). I think it's cool about more procs would just like to see a little more program support.
TheZomb
January 29, 2010 at 10:32pm
Programming multi threaded apps and games takes a lot more effort on the part of the developer. Unless its a major developer or a small project (in which case it doesn't matter.) Its more effort than its worth on the part of the developer.
Neufeldt2002
January 29, 2010 at 7:27am
I wonder what kind of cooling solution these are going to require.
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snapple00
January 29, 2010 at 9:33am
The same as any other processor. Would you expect it to be any different? It will have a stock cooler that will probably be good enough.
DOOMHAMMA
January 29, 2010 at 6:58am
So is the AMD 6 cores going to work with AM3? They're supposed to, yes? :p
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