Intel's 32nm desktop CPU speeds and feeds revealed
Intel's first Core i5 - the chip bringing the giant's Nehalem technology into the mainstream desktop processor market - is due early in September. Further out, the company has roadmapped additional members of the family, the 32nm 'Clarkdale' chip.
It's also added the low-end Clarkdale Core i3 to its proposed line-up, assorted …
"Joining the 750s will be as-yet-unnumbered 3.2GHz, 3.33GHz and 3.46GHz i5s which contain only two cores, though HyperThreading technology - absent from the first i5 - will present eight cores to the host OS. All three will contain 4MB of L3 cache."
Unless Intel is doing 4 hyperthreads/core, I think that's going to be four cores (or threads) not eight.
The Alpha was supposed to get 4 threads on a core when they designed the SMT system intel later took over (after getting hold of alpha from compaq in a settlement). It would be about time intel managed to fully implement it. If you look up the alpha 21464 you will find some info on the use of SMT they were planning.
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Intel's 32nm desktop CPU speeds and feeds revealed
Intel's first Core i5 - the chip bringing the giant's Nehalem technology into the mainstream desktop processor market - is due early in September. Further out, the company has roadmapped additional members of the family, the 32nm 'Clarkdale' chip. It's also added the low-end Clarkdale Core i3 to its proposed line-up, assorted …
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Posted Tuesday 21st July 2009 11:34 GMT
Sorry that handle is already taken.
An 82W "Low Power" chip? #
I hope someone's made a mistake and it's not actually 82W...
Posted Tuesday 21st July 2009 19:58 GMT
Nik Simpson
8 threads from 2 cores? #
"Joining the 750s will be as-yet-unnumbered 3.2GHz, 3.33GHz and 3.46GHz i5s which contain only two cores, though HyperThreading technology - absent from the first i5 - will present eight cores to the host OS. All three will contain 4MB of L3 cache."
Unless Intel is doing 4 hyperthreads/core, I think that's going to be four cores (or threads) not eight.
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 01:06 GMT
Lennart Sorensen
COuld be 8 threads on 2 cores #
The Alpha was supposed to get 4 threads on a core when they designed the SMT system intel later took over (after getting hold of alpha from compaq in a settlement). It would be about time intel managed to fully implement it. If you look up the alpha 21464 you will find some info on the use of SMT they were planning.
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 01:06 GMT
Sorry that handle is already taken.
Re: 8 threads from 2 cores? #
I guess that's ultramegahyperthreading.
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