Rumor: Intel is Ready to Announce a Six-Core Chip
Posted 09/04/08 at 10:54:29 AM | by Paul Lilly
On September 15th, Intel is expected to unveil its Xeon 7400 series Dunnington processor. What makes the server chip so special is it will be the first six-core processor, and likely the last Penryn to make a debut before the Nehalem microarchitecture takes over starting with the Core i7.
In another first, Dunnington will be the first Intel chip to sport a monolithic design, meaning all six cores will come on one slice of silicon. By contrast, the Core 2 Quad and four-core Xeon processors to date integrate two dual-core chips in a single package.
In addition to having six cores, the server market hopes to get big performance gains from the large 16MB of shared L3 cache. According to Intel senior vice president Pat Gelsinger, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell will have product announcements related to the Xeon 7400 series in September.
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Submitted by Talcum X on Thu, 2008-09-04 09:06
I wonder if the whole consept of the production yeild will hold true or not, when they stated it was more practical to get a good pair of dual cores to make a quad than to try and get 4 good ones on a single wafer. Something they mocked AMD for venturing and pointed fingers at when the "tri-core" emerged for that very reason. Now they are going to attempt it. I wonder when the ODD numbered core procs will emerge from the Intel line to salvage those that didnt make spec.
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Submitted by Phyzicistblue on Thu, 2008-09-04 12:20
Wouldn't it be an interesting turn if that is why they have a six core? An eight core with two bad cores?
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Submitted by jwalch.hawk on Thu, 2008-09-04 22:18
... Do you mind me asking where you purchased your Intel 8-core? I'd love to have one.
Last I heard, the first 8-core from Intel is going to be Beckton, which is due sometime, uh... Later. I've seen estimates ranging from late this year to early 2009. As this is going to be released substantially BEFORE the actual octo-core ends up being released, I don't think this a case of "saving" partially bad chips in order to increase yields.
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