X-bit labs

Started by: AMD | Date 03/26/08

Comments: 10 | Last Comment:  03/28/08

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1. I guess they aren't releasing Dunington for desktops.

Since this is 6 cores per die, does this mean a 12-pack MCM? Mmmm, 24 threads-per-socket... *dreams of encoding 3 HD-video streams while playing Half-Life 3*

2. I'm sick of hearing about what Intel are GOING to offer. How about they focus on getting some of your Q9x50 CPUs and X48 motherboards on the shelves.

Welcome to the core wars.......................

*Waits for 64-core processor.*
:D

3. I think this product is very silly! Even for servers and the software they use it hard to benfit from all these cores unless it for software designed around a known server specification. Also has intel thinked how much strain 6 cores does on there FBS.

I think intel is better off getting ride of the 3rd dual package an put the on-chip Voltage regulator they shown at IDF 2005. Servers market would benfit alot more from better power managment then another dual core package on chip. The on-chip voltage regulator would free up alot of room on the motherboard, possible reduce heat from Voltage regulated if it was designed with the same process as the cpu, and less average heat from the processor. This would make Intel look more "GREEN" then amd and OEM would love them cause the cost of making motherboards would lessen due to less components on the board, and smaller board size. Though the costumer would probably having to pay more cause its a "GREEN" product!

"Also has intel thinked how much strain 6 cores does on there FBS"

It doesn't have FSB.

4. Yeah, but ATI's GPU has 320cores.....

Not the same thing.

5. We hope that these products will help in nailing our coffin... We can't wait for these products to come! good luck Intel!

6. Yesterday, I attended an event where a certain Intel guy promised that there will be 6-core CPUs this year and 8-core ones in 2009, but he didn't specifically say "desktop CPUs" (actually, he was more concentrated on the server solutions).

The thing is that many-core CPUs only make sense if there is software that can use them. It's easy with the servers: many users connected simultaneously=many threads, but PCs usually only have one user at a time, and most of them don't do that much video encoding (we do love particle effects, though :D).

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