Intel shows octa-core Core i7 extreme

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Intel shows octa-core Core i7 extreme, confirms Iris Pro graphics in upcoming fifth-gen Broadwell

Over at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco Intel has shown its latest beast – the Core i7 Extreme Edition – dubbed Devil’s Canyon. It’s an 8-core 16-thread processor with unlocked cores (allowing easy overclocking), support for the latest DDR4 memory and a better thermal interface.

Intel has also confirmed that its next-generation processors, Broadwell, will feature Iris Pro graphics. Broadwell chipsets will have 14-nanometer processors and will come with unlocked cores.

The Core i7 Extreme Edition will be available mid-2014, which could come right before Broadwell so it may be a good idea to hold off your upgrades. Unless you’re a die hard power junkie, that is.

In order to promote its all in one PCs capabilities Intel released this video as well. Enjoy.

[video=youtube;1rfMFgzGQBo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rfMFgzGQBo[/video]

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[])ragon_\/oid]

Ooh, awesome actually. Just wonder how much it will cost? Perhaps R20K here?

 

[Vikter. L]

That is 1 hell of a beast indeed

 

[Lawnchairman]

That is 1 hell of a beast indeed

Intel has informed us that the unlocked 4th-gen chips are code-named "Devil's Canyon," not the Extreme Edition CPU.

From Haswell to Broadwell, but Haswell is still fairly new? Another platform change?

 

[])ragon_\/oid]

Intel has informed us that the unlocked 4th-gen chips are code-named "Devil's Canyon," not the Extreme Edition CPU.

From Haswell to Broadwell, but Haswell is still fairly new? Another platform change?

Happens yearly, so it was expected... Luckily Broadwell will use the same socket.