Considering the resources available to Intel I'm surprised they haven't decided to debut Nehalem with an eight core CPU considering it's something AMD has planned. I think I read they [AMD] have a 12 core processor planned too.

cool, good to hear

Interesting if rather short. Keep us updated!

I'm sure that was originally 6/12 cores...

So far I'm liking the current technology presented in the Nehalem,and hope AMD puts up something people actually want.

anywhere to watch this IDF live or something?

i doubt there is a live feed to watch the actual conference. Maybe some footage at the end of each day.

I think that Intel post video clips on their site. Check it out.

Sounds like exciting stuff comming down the pipe
I don't want to sound like an Intel faboy (I would cheer for AMD too if they also where making something like this, and maybe they will soon)

12 threads per chip sounds like a good thing for a server.

Who the hell needs a quadcore on a laptop?

The same people who need Quad SLI in their desktops.

Now if they can only produce something similar to AMD's HyperTransport, but better (much lower latency, much higher throughput). Those core aren't gonna feed themselves, ya know

It's all talk. Marketing hype. And $ee the mob be lead by the no$e. Spintel marketing. Show me an UNBIASED test report. Don't believe anything - prove it to yourself - find out HOW they BIAS test reports using $elected app$ and condition$ (?) - and biased review $ite$ - like hahanand.
Apps bias-compiled for spintel?

Im pretty excite for Nehalem, it almost sounds to good to be true.. Im gunna sell my current rig now and get myself a new system when it arrives.

In response to seatrotter. Intel does have the equivalent of hypertransport debuting with nehalem. It's called Quickpath.

So that which has long ago debuted with AMD Athlon 64 dual core a few years ago - is now an INNOVATION? That's very creative - once again, my intelligence is insulted by total spintel bs hype.

I have yet to see anything of real interest here - just hype talk, and people led down the path, and eager for more. I guess spintel is still tweaking the bubblegum? Or tweaking the crowd. Chew it up people. I prefer truth. Put it out there. Does it work?

Goto www.intel.com/idf they have the keynotes.

It's called QPI its faster and wider than HT 3.0 spec and it has more links with shorter hopps.

Yet Intel processors work better..AMD's original hyper-transport is nothing better than a regular FSB.

Wow, It looks like Intel figured out a way to glue 3 Core 2 Duo's together.
AMD should have figured out the quick way to make a Quad or 6 core just by gluing 2 X2's or 3 X2 processors together but instead they designed it so that each core was a individual core which resulted in a B2 stepping bug and their upcoming 8 core processor will problem have a B4 stepping bug in it also.
But to be honest, I really like AMD because they build a processor from the ground up unlike Intel does.

*Citation Needed*

That's a bit thick. Hypertransport is better than FSB in many ways and that's why quickpath is to replace FSB, it's the processors that aren't keeping up.

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I don't think you got what I mean.Obviously noone here has a wit to understand this thing we call,English,but I guess they abandoned that at schools.SO let me reword it.A simple little bus will NOT replace a crappy processor.You must first get a GOOD processor,THEN worry about bottlenecks that will affect it in 2-6 years.

So some one talking about others not understanding English, you sure fit that profile.

Also I hope you aren't calling the Athlon CPU a crappy one...

I'm not sure who to criticize on the quote that the IBM X3950 M2 with 48 cores is the first computer to break the 1 million TPC-C benchmark, but that was first acomplished way back on 4/14/2004. The current record holder is an IBM Power 595 Server Model 9119-FHA with a TPC-C result of 6,085,166. Check the facts guys!

Man I'm an amd fanboy but since I bought a new laptop i went with c2d and I guess next year when I get a new desktop it will be nehalem. I really do feel bad for leaving amd but I need speed for converting hd videos.

^Yeah, its hard to justify paying for a Turion X2 Ultra, when you know that you're losing 20% performance against a slightly cheaper priced entry level Core 2 Duo. The only way AMD can save some face is if they leverage their ATI graphics, but so far it seems like they have failed to do so. (watch AMD's mobile technology videos and all they talk about is graphics, since they must know how inferior Turion is.)

I'm starting to become more and more of a fan of Intel. Even with so little competition, the company continues to push things forward. I'm looking forward to hearing more about their mobile quad core processors.