Intel showed the six-core processor
March 12, 2010 – 10:28 pm
Intel introduced its first six-core processor for PCs. Processor Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition was shown at the Conference Game Developers Conference 2010, reported in the press release. The new chip will be primarily aimed at gamers.
The processor is the first in a line of chips of the new platform, codenamed Gulftown. It has a clock speed of 3.3 gigahertz and is able to simultaneously handle 12 tasks due to technology Hyper-Threading, wrote Somputerworld. Chip Core i7 980X is built using 32-nanometer process technology. Intel has not disclosed the cost of new processors and did not report the date of commencement of sales.
Earlier in the site of the German retailer Alternate been published, some characteristics of the six-core processor Core i7. Company representatives argued that the clock speed of the chip will reach 3.6 GHz thanks to technology TurboBoost. It will also support DDR3 memory and equipped with 12 megabytes of cache memory of the third level. Retailer offers to make reservations chip costs 1,049 euros.
In early March, its first six-core chips for PCs, introduced the main competitor to Intel, the company AMD. Chip Phenom II X6, codenamed “Thubian, will be available until July 2010, reports Lenta.Ru. AMD is also not disclosed the cost and characteristics of the processor.
