Intel to Release First 6-Core CPU in September

[Necuno]

almost time to chuck that 4 core cpu

Currently existing processors contain 1, 2, 3 or 4 cores. However, this series will very soon get a continuation: next month we are going to see 6-core Intel processors aka Dunnington. These CPUs will belong to Xeon 7400 family targeted for scalable (up to 32-way), reliable, powerful 64-bit servers for enterprise applications.

6-core Dunnington processor should be announced on September 14, according to company roadmap. The line-up will include three models: Xeon X7460 with 2.67GHz clock frequency and 130W TDP, Xeon E7450 with 2.4GHz frequency and 90W TDP and low-voltage Xeon L7455 with 65W TDP and 2.13GHz clock speed. All processors will be built with Intel's new 45-nanometer Penryn technology and will support 1066MHz bus speed. Xeon X7460 will be equipped with 16MB L3 cache while Xeon L7455 and Xeon E7450 will have a 12MB L3 cache onboard.

New Xeon X7460 and Xeon L7455 processors will be priced at $2729, and Xeon E7450 – at $2301.

"The big cache and six cores will give customers a nice bump in performance," Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corp.'s digital enterprise group said previously. "We're quite excited about it." The new Intel Xeon processor X7460 with 6 cores and 16MB L3 cache for expandable servers launching in September has already broken multiple performance world records. An 8-socket IBM System x3950 M2 server became the first platform to break the 1 million tpmC barrier on the TPC-C benchmark. New 4-Socket performance records include TPC-C on HP Proliant DL580 G5, TPC-E on Dell PowerEdge R900, SPECjbb2005 on Sun Fire X4450 and SPECint_rate2006 on Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX600 S4.

We have to admit that this way Intel managed to outpace AMD in increasing the number of processor cores in server CPUs. As you know, the upcoming 6-core Istanbul server processor from AMD is due in second half of 2009, no sooner than that.

Intel hasn't announced when it might release 6-core chips for the desktop and laptops.

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[Cyzer]

I don't see the point, most applications/software/games don't evan properlly use four cores yet, so the point of six is?

 

[Necuno]

I don't see the point, most applications/software/games don't evan properlly use four cores yet, so the point of six is?

maybe not games yet and inferior applications, but things such as maya and photoshop would definitely benefit

 

[Messugga]

I don't see the point, most applications/software/games don't evan properlly use four cores yet, so the point of six is?

As above, and these are server processors. Not exactly systems you use to play games on.

 

[nivek]

The key word here is 'Xeon'

its for servers not your bedroom

But Nahalem will be out early next year with 8 cores (4+hyper threading) ...for your bedroom..

 

[SlyFly]

On a new socket... FS This new socket is making me wonder if getting a new pc now is worth it

 

[nivek]

its not..wait till january/feb... and even if you dont get a core i7 on the new socket the price of core 2 will drop significantly

 

[Swift-wp]

And so my Q6600 becomes ancient...

 

[Ghost02]

I'm waiting

 

[killat]

Woudnt it be better to buy a 775 Socket Motherboard Now and upgrade to say a Q9770 in June as the price would have dropped dramastically due to intel releasing the Core i7 and Core 2 Quad being older?

 

[Cyzer]

What I'm not talking about games only. In fact I mentioned games last, ffs! And why would I run a xeon in my bedroom when I do graphic design? I know 6 cores would help in maya and photoshop, duh! My point is that if Windows Vista dosn't know what to do with 8 cores (skulltrail) and neither does Windows Server 2008, what are we gonna do, wait for another OS to come out? And by the way the last time I checked the QX9775 is a gaming/ graphic design market orientated CPU and thats a Xeon, so just go crawl back in your cave, seriously.

 

[SilverNodashi]

maybe not games yet and inferior applications, but things such as maya and photoshop would definitely benefit

I suppose when you upgrade your PC to a Pentium IV with Dual Core or Quad Core CPU, you'll have to replace Windows 3.1 with something like Windows XP or Vista as well

Even though you think applications don't use multicore yet, they do. Just about every application these days is multi-threaded, or even multi tasking. Windows is multi tasking, as well, so even though it doesn't use all the cores at once for greater speed, it will spread the processes and threads across the cores - thus improving speed as well.

I can the difference even in Firefox & Thunderbird when I disable of on my CPU's cores.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Which CPU has 3 cores?

 

[Necuno]

Which CPU has 3 cores?

amd's phenom x3

I suppose when you upgrade your PC to a Pentium IV with Dual Core or Quad Core CPU, you'll have to replace Windows 3.1 with something like Windows XP or Vista as well

Even though you think applications don't use multicore yet, they do. Just about every application these days is multi-threaded, or even multi tasking. Windows is multi tasking, as well, so even though it doesn't use all the cores at once for greater speed, it will spread the processes and threads across the cores - thus improving speed as well.

I can the difference even in Firefox & Thunderbird when I disable of on my CPU's cores.

thats why i noted inferior and not all applications

 

[SilverNodashi]

What I'm not talking about games only. In fact I mentioned games last, ffs! And why would I run a xeon in my bedroom when I do graphic design? I know 6 cores would help in maya and photoshop, duh! My point is that if Windows Vista dosn't know what to do with 8 cores (skulltrail) and neither does Windows Server 2008, what are we gonna do, wait for another OS to come out? And by the way the last time I checked the QX9775 is a gaming/ graphic design market orientated CPU and thats a Xeon, so just go crawl back in your cave, seriously.

My brother also does 3D graphics, using a Core 2 Quad (coulnd't afford the XEON), running Maya & 3D studio Max. The same PC, with a normal PIV CPU took about 3 hours to render a certain scene, but when the CPU was upgraded to the Q9300 CPU, it took about 40mins to render the same scene. So, it does make a huge difference.

The XEON CPU's will make an even biggere difference, partialy cause they also use better RAM & motherboards, but also because the CPU's architecture differs a bit from the normal desktop CPU's. For starter, they have more cache - which is a BIG thing. The more chache the CPU has, the better performance it will deliver. Just imagine pushing your Maya render engine through 6 PC's at the same time!

 

[koffiejunkie]

Which CPU has 3 cores?

amd's phenom x3

I had no idea. I'm kinda out of touch with desktop chips...