Intel to Ship 10-core CPUs in First Half of 2011
Intel's "Westmere-EX" Xeon processor is expected to ship during this half of 2011.
Thursday an Intel spokesperson said that its upcoming 10-core "Westmere-EX" Xeon processor (pdf) will launch during the first half of 2011. The chip follows Intel's 2010 release of the Nehalem-EX CPU, currently the fastest Intel server processor on the market sporting up to eight cores.
The new Xeons will bring additional security features to the table including Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions (AES-NI) for faster encryption and decryption of data. The processor itself will be manufactured using 32nm processing technology whereas the current Nehalem-EX was made using the 45nm process.
The Intel spokesperson added that Westmere-EX will be targeted at high-end servers--those with up to eight sockets--in data centers maintaining large databases and other applications. Each physical core will run up to two threads, providing servers with the ability to run up to 160 threads simultaneously (8 processors @ 20 threads each).
In addition to the improved design, the new Xeon will be socket-compatible with existing Nehalem-EX chips, making it easy for customers to upgrade server processors. Two-socket systems running on Westmere-EX chips will also support up to 2 TB of memory.
I wonder if that can play...oh, you know. LOL
/sarcasm
If business computers will have this (a 10 core processor) available to them, I wonder what will be available for the personal computer.
o_0?
:3
LOL. Surprising to hear that, I think this has been the first time in awhile that I've heard Intel's new chips being compatible with a previous socket. Now... only if desktop users had this luxury as well
only dual intels are expensive, amd stopped charging a crapton... and dual was never as expensive as quad.
2 threads per core at 10 cores = 20 threads. 8 sockets x 20 threads = 160 threads per board. No typo.
They got so many issues with Sandy B that they better focus on her before they even think about the next task. I am going AMD this time around maybe next time i'll do Intel. AMD is better for Game playing anyway.
Well no not really, they perform similar to Intel's CPU's in games but you see a bottleneck faster with AMD's CPU's.
AMD hasn't really released anything new for 2 years (Phenom II) and those are slower than C2Q at the same speed.
AMD DID get their server CPU's right though, 12 core at 2.2GHz almost eats up a i7 980X, but the i7 still does the eating
Must get 2600k.. or bulldozer if it comes early enough..
Lumbergh:"Yyaaaaaaa Peter, i need you to start comming to work on saturdays, we've lost a couple people and need to play catch up"
Peter:" sure no problem Lumbergh, will Micheal and Samir be here too?"
what board has 8 sockets? Most Ive seen is 4.
More like, "spool".