How many cores will this year's Nehalem PC have and when they are out?

[hajime]

Hello. I have been waiting for a Nehalem PC for computationally intensive research. I read that Nehalem based PCs should be available on Nov 17, 2008. Is this true? How many cores (8 or 16) will these PCs provide?

 

[jimmysmitty]

It will have 4 cores with SMT giving it 8 threads.

It is going to come out next month.

 

[hajime]

Thanks. How likely will manufacturers sell a system which includes 2 CPUs like the Apple MacPro? Anybody knows which week of next month will the systems be in stock?

 

[roadrunner197069]

As far as I know parts will be available online on November 10th. I will have systems on Ebay for sell as soon as I know I can get parts.

 

[seboj]

Just out of curiosity, is there a specific need that Nehalem will fulfill that current systems cannot?

 

[jibbs]

The Processors should be available next month, but I'm not sure how soon you'll see systems available except from custom PC builders.

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[mi1ez]

Just out of curiosity, is there a specific need that Nehalem will fulfill that current systems cannot?

From what we've seen, Nehalem will be much better in server scenarios, but a very small boost in your home PC.

 

[chunkymonster]

Just out of curiosity, is there a specific need that Nehalem will fulfill that current systems cannot?

No, not really.

As mentioned, there will be performance improvements in 2-way and 4-way server environements, but for the everyday desktop user, hardcore gamer, and hardware enthusiast, the improvements will be minimal; about 10% gain in single threaded applications.

Where Nehalem will shine and be very useful is for the the high end A/V workstation and super-multi-tasker scenarios.

Do not expect the same performance gains that were seen going from the Prescott to Core2 as going from Core2 to Nehalem.

 

[chunkymonster]

Thanks. How likely will manufacturers sell a system which includes 2 CPUs like the Apple MacPro? Anybody knows which week of next month will the systems be in stock?

The desktop variants of Nehalem will not have a 2-way solution, the server variants are slated to offer 2-way (Dunnington?) and 4-way (Caneland?).

There may be a chance that Intel will follow through with a Nehalem based Skulltrail system, but only time will tell.

 

[seboj]

No, not really.

As mentioned, there will be performance improvements in 2-way and 4-way server environements, but for the everyday desktop user, hardcore gamer, and hardware enthusiast, the improvements will be minimal; about 10% gain in single threaded applications.

Where Nehalem will shine and be very useful is for the the high end A/V workstation and super-multi-tasker scenarios.

Do not expect the same performance gains that were seen going from the Prescott to Core2 as going from Core2 to Nehalem.

While I appreciate the answer, I know all that already. I was asking to see why his "computationally intensive research" required Nehalem as apposed to a current system configuration.

 

[jimmysmitty]

The desktop variants of Nehalem will not have a 2-way solution, the server variants are slated to offer 2-way (Dunnington?) and 4-way (Caneland?).

There may be a chance that Intel will follow through with a Nehalem based Skulltrail system, but only time will tell.

No I think Beckton is the 2 way server chip. Dunnington was just released a bit ago and is the 6 core variant based off of Core 2.