Core i9 ''Gulftown'' Comes to Life

btarunr · Jul 31, 2009, 09:12 PM

Intel's posterboy processor for the 32 nm Westmere architecture, the six-core Gulftown is now living, breathing silicon. The company seems to have already dispatched samples of the chip. Gulftown is based on the LGA-1366 socket. Featuring 6 cores and 12 threads with HyperThreading enabled, it holds 12 MB of L3 cache to support the additional data load over the QuickPath Interconnect.

A noted enthusiast has two Gulftown processors running in a dual-socket setup. This 12 core, 24 thread monstrosity uses 24 GB of DDR3 memory using 4 GB modules (perhaps 2 x 3 modules). The processors are running at 2.40 GHz (18 x 133 MHz). The machine was put through WPrime multi-threaded benchmark. It crunched WPrime 32M in a little over 6 seconds, and 1024M in 145.6 seconds. Going by older information, Gulftown should be implemented in a commercial product in Q1 2010, when Intel plans a host of other important product launches. When released as Core i9, the processor will target the premium enthusiast market.

Source: XtremeSystems Forums

freaksavior · Jul 31, 2009, 09:21 PM

no pricing yet?

HalfAHertz · Jul 31, 2009, 09:21 PM

Wicked! Wonder if it'll misplace the 975 from the 999$ position

ShadowFold · Jul 31, 2009, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freaksavior

no pricing yet?

At the least, 800$.

freaksavior · Jul 31, 2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadowFold

At the least, 800$.

i'll pass fow shaw then.

Im gonna turn my desktop into a htpc.

Fitseries3 · Jul 31, 2009, 09:30 PM

im holding out for the 21x multi version. 4.5ghz with 6core/12threads will kill everything out there.

mtosev · Jul 31, 2009, 09:34 PM

great stuff. 6 cores coming soon. i love you intel.

grunt_408 · Jul 31, 2009, 09:44 PM

Very nice looking forward to seeing a few of them around on TPU

HammerON · Jul 31, 2009, 09:49 PM

Crunching power

AltecV1 · Jul 31, 2009, 10:28 PM

why not 8 core

erocker · Jul 31, 2009, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AltecV1

why not 8 core

Because they'll make more money selling you a 6 core first.

toyo · Jul 31, 2009, 10:32 PM

6 cores are already upon us as issued by AMD. Do we need a new Task Manager?

n-ster · Jul 31, 2009, 10:53 PM

Will this bring w3520 and i7 920 prices down?

Sadasius · Jul 31, 2009, 10:55 PM

I just may upgrade to this. Hmmmm

A Cheese Danish · Jul 31, 2009, 11:04 PM

Found my next upgrade!

ShiBDiB · Jul 31, 2009, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n-ster

Will this bring w3520 and i7 920 prices down?

thats what im hopeing for.. a nice cheap 920

Assassin48 · Jul 31, 2009, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sadasius

I just may upgrade to this. Hmmmm

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Cheese Danish

Found my next upgrade!

if i start working again i am getting this as long as its under 1K

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShiBDiB

thats what im hopeing for.. a nice cheap 920

remeber the 920,940 were discontinued

Sadasius · Jul 31, 2009, 11:12 PM

Is this still classified as a i7 or a i9? CPU-Z there is saying it is a i7.

Assassin48 · Jul 31, 2009, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sadasius

Is this still classified as a i7 or a i9? CPU-Z there is saying it is a i7.

i9 but its on x58 platform

cpu-z hasnt been updated for i9

A Cheese Danish · Jul 31, 2009, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sadasius

Is this still classified as a i7 or a i9? CPU-Z there is saying it is a i7.

It should be the i9. its a 6 core proc. And according to Wikipedia (not very reliable but whatever) the price is listed
as $999. Which I'm pretty sure it will be near.

BrooksyX · Jul 31, 2009, 11:21 PM

Very Nice!

Would love to get my hands on one of these!

mudkip · Jul 31, 2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Assassin48

if i start working again i am getting this as long as its under 1K

remeber the 920,940 were discontinued

not true

Assassin48 · Jul 31, 2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mudkip

not true

they werent?

there was a whole thread about intel saying they were not but the next day they said yes no more 920

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardwar...920-940-cpus/1

Weer · Aug 1, 2009, 12:02 AM

Okay, a few words.

1.) Half the new claimed it was an Oct-core, and now the release this? It is really worth it? If it wasn't for 32nm, it would likely reach low-enough clocks to be just about as powerful as a Quad core.

2.) The price is 1000$? They've never had a completely new product exist only at the highest price segment. They know that no one buys Extreme models but reach people with little tech knowledge. They are going to release only the extreme version first, then we'll see some real models.. just like they are going to release the six-core version, and only later will we see a real eight-core CPU.

3.) Again, the rumors disappoint. I planned on buying an eight-core CPU alongside GTX 380. Now it's pushed forward to 2010. It wouldn't really bother me, but personally my computer is on its hind legs and I desperately want to upgrade.

Actually, according to Intel's road map, the only other Westmere processors (32nm shrink of Nehalem, i.e. This), are going to be Dual-core. So, they're have 150-300$ Dual-core 32nm Nehalem processors, and leave the high-end "Extreme"-only six-core up there. Meaning that either these Duals will be the new i3's, or i3 is going to have a very short lifespan. They couldn't possibly have shrunk 45nm to 32nm just to make Dual-core processors, right? This is quite insane.

I want an affordable six-core Westmere, 500$ or less, in time for a Triple-SLi Dual-socket motherboard, also costing no more than 500$. Then I want GTX 380 to cost 500$ as well, and a 250$ 12GB six-dimm pack of stable RAM, and I'm happy. I'm the consumer.. I am supposed to be happy, right?

Nick89 · Aug 1, 2009, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freaksavior

no pricing yet?

OVER 9000$.

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