Intel unveils 10-core Extreme Edition i7 CPU

[Kevin Lancaster]

Intel unveils 10-core Extreme Edition i7 CPU

Intel has unveiled its first 10-core desktop CPU, the Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Insane pricing....

 

[genetic]

The top-end Xeon range now has 22 cores. So a dual socket CPU board can support 44 cores with 88 threads.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3050...el-just-dropped-a-22-core-cpu-on-us-boom.html

Price is around $4,500 per CPU, so it ain't cheap.

 

[Thor]

Where is the ceiling?

 

[Dolby]

They're always saying hardware isn't at the point to run 4k games?

 

[Genisys]

They're always saying hardware isn't at the point to run 4k games?

I think the hardware is there, but the cost is still way too high.

 

[genetic]

Where is the ceiling?

Generally above your head if you're indoors.

 

[genetic]

They're always saying hardware isn't at the point to run 4k games?

Games rely more on the GPU than CPU.

 

[Petec]

Need this for my huge Excel sheets!

 

[dualmeister]

Bliksem :wtf:

 

[Drunkard #1]

I was going to ask what socket it uses, but at that price, I don't care.

Even in dollars, that's expensive. More than any Extreme chip before it?

 

[AndyC]

 

[Fulcrum29]

Insane pricing....

Extreme CPUs has never been cheap; it is a niche product made in limited numbers. Besides the CPU, you will also require mobo and memory support. This is nicely targeted at the ultra-enthusiast which usually has an insane income.

 

[Fulcrum29]

I was going to ask what socket it uses, but at that price, I don't care.

Even in dollars, that's expensive. More than any Extreme chip before it?

The Haswell Core i7-5960X launched at $1000, today it is a tad bit more expensive, back then you required LGA2011-v3 mobo and memory support.

 

[AstroTurf]

Where is the ceiling?

2036

 

[dualmeister]

The top-end Xeon range now has 22 cores. So a dual socket CPU board can support 44 cores with 88 threads.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3050...el-just-dropped-a-22-core-cpu-on-us-boom.html

Price is around $4,500 per CPU, so it ain't cheap.

Yes. And ... :wtf:

[video=youtube;0OKRf35O4qU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OKRf35O4qU[/video]

 

[cguy]

The top-end Xeon range now has 22 cores. So a dual socket CPU board can support 44 cores with 88 threads.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3050...el-just-dropped-a-22-core-cpu-on-us-boom.html

Price is around $4,500 per CPU, so it ain't cheap.

The problem with these is always the clocks (2.2ghz - 3ghz boost is hard to realize in practice on these). They're great if you have a parallel workload (but then it's often cheaper to go to multiple sockets or machines, given the price of these chips), but for the serial component, they suck. These seem to be only worthwhile in very niche scenarios (like power or space constrained data-centers).