Intel prepares 6 core cpu

[oli_ramsay]

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=240503

 

[TooFast]

its just getting dumb now.

 

[flashstar]

This is sweet. I can't wait for the Nehalem octacores though.

 

[Nitro-Max]

lol it was only yesturday i posted that i think quads are going to be short lived.Because pc technology is forever changing.So this aint no big suprise to me really.I think once the room runs out for fitting more cores they,ll just redesign the mobo so it can take 2 cpus.

 

[beyond_amusia]

6 cores? dang. Poor AMD is really losing in this race.

 

[das müffin mann]

im just waiting for the apps to catch up, so maybe they can utilize the full potential of all these cores

 

[erocker]

This is awesome! So I guess we can expect these before Nahelem, and I'm sure they will push quad prices lower!

 

[mandelore]

riiight... we have nothing substantial that uses all 4 cores from a quad, now we got 6 core chips.

its all marketing, nuthin else.

I mean i gots a quad, and thats gonna see me like forever and a day. its just getting silly now

 

[Disparia]

Yeah, thankfully I've been holding off getting my 16-core Tigerton setup. These chips should bring the price down from about $10K for 4, to about $8K

 

[ShadowFold]

I hope this lowers the Q6600 price..

 

[CDdude55]

This is getting so stupid. I still want a Quad core and now this.

 

[beyond_amusia]

im just waiting for the apps to catch up, so maybe they can utilize the full potential of all these cores

The 386 came out in 1986, and was 32-bit, but 32-bit apps didn't become common place until 1995 or so... So I imagine by 2012-13 most apps will be multi-treaded (Hyper-Threading debueted on desktops in 2002) and they should be 64 bit as well, thus taking advantage of the multi-core and hyper-threading CPUs. It's a shame to see software lag so far behind though.

 

[beyond_amusia]

I hope this lowers the Q6600 price..

Me too... lol.

 

[imperialreign]

wait, Intel missed a step!!

It can't be a 6 core, it must be 8 - remember, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc

6 is meant to be AMD's offering!

Damn you, Intel



Seriously, though, Intel is just beating a dead horse at this point . . . Let the C2D go, it'll be alright! No need to keep it on life support like this . . .

AMD, please, please, pretty-pretty please throw out something that will some sense back into Intel. God knows if weren't for you we woulda seen Intel do the same thing with the Pentium4 lineup that they're doing now with the Core 2 Duos.

 

[beyond_amusia]

wait, Intel missed a step!!

It can't be a 6 core, it must be 8 - remember, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc

6 is meant to be AMD's offering!

Damn you, Intel



Seriously, though, Intel is just beating a dead horse at this point . . . Let the C2D go, it'll be alright! No need to keep it on life support like this . . .

AMD, please, please, pretty-pretty please throw out something that will some sense back into Intel. God knows if weren't for you we woulda seen Intel do the same thing with the Pentium4 lineup that they're doing now with the Core 2 Duos.

LOL, Imagine, 4 and 6 core Pentium Ds.... You could use them to replace the stove in your kitchen.

 

[das müffin mann]

The 386 came out in 1986, and was 32-bit, but 32-bit apps didn't become common place until 1995 or so... So I imagine by 2012-13 most apps will be multi-treaded (Hyper-Threading debueted on desktops in 2002) and they should be 64 bit as well, thus taking advantage of the multi-core and hyper-threading CPUs. It's a shame to see software lag so far behind though.

well ill hopefully still be alive by then, of course with the rate of progress in the technology world that may be a bit sooner...hopefully...

 

[imperialreign]

LOL, Imagine, 4 and 6 core Pentium Ds.... You could use them to replace the stove in your kitchen.

and you know if AMD hadn't released the Athlon when they did, you know Intel woulda, too. Look at their first attempt at a dual-core competitor to the Athlon x2.

Intel isn't all that innovative until they need to be.

 

[Morgoth]

This is sweet. I can't wait for the Nehalem octacores though.

gona be a long wait mate till q4 2009
first intel octa core is gona be a server cpu not desktop.. and bloody expensive
first nehalem cpu wil be bloomfield native qaud core

 

[Deleted member 3]

Bloomfield is set for Q4 2008 together with gainestown. The latter will be my pick, unless CSI fails completely.

 

[jpierce55]

its just getting dumb now.

I second that, lets get 4 cores fully functional before we jump to six!

 

[TechnicalFreak]

I am speechless. But ok, for a server I could also imagine it would really use that type of "power".
However, if I had one of thoose in my hands I would probably only like 5 or 10% of the power of it..(perhaps even less).

 

[thoughtdisorder]

It's just getting crazy now!

 

[snuif09]

there just putting 3 dual cores in one

 

[AddSub]

However, if I had one of thoose in my hands I would probably only like 5 or 10% of the power of it..(perhaps even less).

I hear ya. There isn't enough software out there to take advantage of two cores much less four, six, or eight of em.

 

[Black Panther]

I think it's still better than the situation being the other way round. Imagine the frustration if most apps would benefit from 6/8 cores... but they're still not developed! It's good if hardware technology keeps a step (or in this case 5!) ahead of software technology.

You know what intel/amd should do? From my experience it's always the gpu side of the hardware which is always a step behind. They should work on making a 6 or 8 core cpu, two or 3 cores of which will be totally dedicated for the processing of graphics. They would use part of the RAM. Like 3 ram slots would be for the cpu and one ram slot for the gfx.

That way we could do away with graphics cards. And have graphics running at core 3.0 or 4.0 Ghz with 2GB of 1066Mhz or better 'vram'...

Anyway, I'm dreaming I think...