AllThingsD » six-core http://allthingsd.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:53:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 Intel's Hardcore Six-Core http://allthingsd.com/20100316/intel-uncrates-six-core-server-chip/ http://allthingsd.com/20100316/intel-uncrates-six-core-server-chip/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:10:24 +0000 John Paczkowski http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=36549 Looks like the CPU refresh cycle is officially underway. This morning, Intel (INTC) formally launched its new six-core Westmere EP Xeon processor, and according to the company, vendors like Dell (DELL), IBM (IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) are already gobbling them up.

Said Intel exec Boyd Davis: “We’ve already shipped hundreds of thousands of these (processors).” And for good reason. Built using the company’s 32-nanometer processor technology, these Xeon 5600 series chips promise to deliver greater performance and energy efficiency than their predecessors. With luck, they’ll help drive new equipment spending in enterprise, which would obviously be good for both the server and chip markets.

]]> http://allthingsd.com/20100316/intel-uncrates-six-core-server-chip/feed/ 0 Intel: Screw Everything, We're Doing Eight Cores http://allthingsd.com/20080905/intel-screw-everything-were-doing-eight-cores/ http://allthingsd.com/20080905/intel-screw-everything-were-doing-eight-cores/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:41:10 +0000 John Paczkowski http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=4509 If two cores make a good chip and four cores make a better one, then obviously six cores make the best damn chip on the market. Which is what analysts believe Intel’s (INTC) new six-core Xeon processor X7460 will be when it debuts Sept. 15. With six cores and a leviathan 16MB L3 cache, it’s easy to see why. “This is a big deal,” said Gabriel Consulting Group analyst Dan Olds. “It looks like, at least from the benchmarks we’re seeing, six-core chips offer more performance than quad-cores. So, yes, customers are going to want them. What we don’t know is how much power the chips consume and how much heat they will dissipate, and those are key concerns. But, all in all, this is a pretty big advance in the state of the art.”

For now. Because Nehalem, Intel’s next-generation processor, is expected to go into production soon and it’s packing eight cores …

Headline, with apologies to America’s Finest News Source …

]]> http://allthingsd.com/20080905/intel-screw-everything-were-doing-eight-cores/feed/ 0 Intel: Screw Everything, We're Doing Eight Cores http://allthingsd.com/20080905/intel-screw-everything-were-doing-eight-cores-2/ http://allthingsd.com/20080905/intel-screw-everything-were-doing-eight-cores-2/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:41:10 +0000 John Paczkowski http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=4509 If two cores make a good chip and four cores make a better one, then obviously six cores make the best damn chip on the market. Which is what analysts believe Intel’s (INTC) new six-core Xeon processor X7460 will be when it debuts Sept. 15. With six cores and a leviathan 16MB L3 cache, it’s easy to see why. “This is a big deal,” said Gabriel Consulting Group analyst Dan Olds. “It looks like, at least from the benchmarks we’re seeing, six-core chips offer more performance than quad-cores. So, yes, customers are going to want them. What we don’t know is how much power the chips consume and how much heat they will dissipate, and those are key concerns. But, all in all, this is a pretty big advance in the state of the art.”

For now. Because Nehalem, Intel’s next-generation processor, is expected to go into production soon and it’s packing eight cores …

Headline, with apologies to America’s Finest News Source …

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