Intel Launches Eight Core, 16 Thread Nehalem-EX
Yes, it can play it.
UPDATE: We've added in a couple new videos from Intel and IBM talking about the Nehalem-EX architecture and application.
In the enthusiast space for Intel fans, Gulftown may have just arrived with its hexacore power, but the world's largest chipmaker has a special new product for the server space.
Intel today launched the Xeon 7500 processor series, which offers up to eight cores packed in a single chip that's able to handle 16 threads at once. Systems can include up to 256 chips per server to combine for 2,048 cores and 4,098 threads.
"The Xeon 7500 brings mission critical capabilities to the mainstream by delivering the most significant leap in performance, scalability and reliability ever seen from Intel," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president of the Intel architecture group and general manager of Intel's data center group. "This combination will help users push to new levels of productivity, and accelerate the industry's migration away from proprietary architectures. We are democratizing high-end computing."
This Xeon series is the first of the family to possess Machine Check Architecture (MCA) Recovery, a feature that allows the silicon to work with the operating system and virtual machine manager to recover from otherwise fatal system errors, a mechanism until now found only in the company's Itanium processor family and RISC processors.
The new Nehalem-EX chips won't be cheap though; the hexacore X7542 model starts at $1,980 and the octacore X7560 is $3,692.
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...play what, I don't know what you're getting at...
That's great and all, but come on guys. We're going to need more than cores. 100 cores at 2ghz each might be nice, but to be honest, I'd rather have 20 cores at 10ghz each.
What I'm saying is, I'd rather we see improvements against the hertz barrier, not the core/threading. I mean, if we get an 8,000mhz processor, give each core 4 threads! (Though I do not know if this is possible (I don't know how hyperthreading works) ).
"Yes, it can play it."
oh come on marcus you are no fun...
on that same note - WOW.
...play what, I don't know what you're getting at...
Duck Hunt
It'll be nice when this hits the consumer market. I would love to see how after effects performs on that. Also, in paragraph 2 I think you meant 4,096 threads, not 4,098.
4098 or 4096
I'm waiting for some manufacturer to jam one in a laptop just to prove they could.
Too bad AMD has 12 cores and 16 cores by summer. ^ ^
so anyone taking bets as to how long it will be before we see 8 core desktops? 6 core xeons came out 2 years ago this july IIRC and we just got 6 core desktops (*and they only cost your first born son).
Duck Hunt
Speaking of duck hunt, I recently tried to play duck hunt on my old nintendo only to find out that the game does not work with LCD screens...
It was a bit of a disappointment, but I guess I shoulda known.
Well when it hits the sub $1000AUD mark (and it will), I'll chalk one up.
Too bad AMD has 12 cores and 16 cores by summer. ^ ^
It's not the number of cores, it's how you use them. hehehe.
...play what, I don't know what you're getting at...
Play Crysis.
This is a downpour on AMD's parade.
I'm waiting for some manufacturer to jam one in a laptop just to prove they could.
Eurocom has a laptop with the Core i7 975 in it, as well as quad core xeons at 3.2 GHz, so it's probably going to happen sooner rather than later. Eurocom also offers a server grade laptop.
Speaking of duck hunt, I recently tried to play duck hunt on my old nintendo only to find out that the game does not work with LCD screens...It was a bit of a disappointment, but I guess I shoulda known.
Why doesn't it work on LCD screens? I never quite understood how it worked anyway. There's no sensor bar!! Or any kind of calibration. +1 Vintage Nintendo
They released the 6 core, and i was thinking "ok, cool. It's great to see CPU technology progressing"
Now... Now i can't help but think "Why? Is this really necessary"
This is a downpour on AMD's parade.
Why? It's way more expensive than their solutions. If you can shell out the cash you can use Intel and if you have a tighter budget you can choose AMD. The fact that both companies have released new server-oriented processors with different price points is good news since nobody would be forced to pay a premium or get stuck with older tech.
Countering AMDs 12 core Server CPUs I take it.
It's great to see CPU technology progressing"Now... Now i can't help but think "Why? Is this really necessary"
It's only necessary for large servers that are either:
A. Doing scientific research (as the article states, bringing x86 to higher end supercomputer levels)
B. Acting as the host OS for multiple virtual machine servers.
Where the HELL did the core battle come from!!??
Anyway, I would love to own a PC and a MacPro (hate all you want). A MacPro with TWOOOO 16 thread chips!? Woot! lol
@Tindytim: Yes it's only necessary for large servers... But why would you get that when AMD has a better price/performance?
On another note, Is anyone else annoyed with the survey things that keep popping up?
But can it IMAX 3D resolution Bad Company 2?
Why doesn't it work on LCD screens? I never quite understood how it worked anyway. There's no sensor bar!! Or any kind of calibration. +1 Vintage Nintendo
At any given moment, there is only 1 pixel that is lighten on a CRT (big old) television. But each of them get lighten up many times per second so the human eye doesn't sees it. BUT the gun can, and when you shoot, it measure how long untill it detects light coming from TV (remember, only one pixel is making light on the screen) and if it takes X seconds it can determine that you aimed the Y pixel.
Thats basicly how it worked.
Tom's, why don't you benchmark Mac's vs. Pc's? Just curious.
@Tindytim: Yes it's only necessary for large servers... But why would you get that when AMD has a better price/performance?
I haven't seen any benchmarks on Intel vs AMD's server platforms, but if it's anything like the Desktop segment, then Intel probably holds the higher x86 end without competition. So while AMD might get better price to performance, you probably can't get the higher end of performance necessary for certain applications without pay a premium on Intel's platform.
That's assuming you're correct. I haven't seen benchmarks or compared pricing so I can't comment further.
Tom's, why don't you benchmark Mac's vs. Pc's? Just curious.
A. That has nothing to do with said article
B. "PC's" and Macs run the same hardware, so it comes down to how the OS takes advantage of it.
C. Creating a testing suite would be difficult, and going back to the previous point, they run the same hardware, and that's what Tom's does HARDWARE (it's not Tom's Operating System).
That's great and all, but come on guys. We're going to need more than cores. 100 cores at 2ghz each might be nice, but to be honest, I'd rather have 20 cores at 10ghz each.
I think you had better look up the definition of "server processor" and the market they are aimed at.
They released the 6 core, and i was thinking "ok, cool. It's great to see CPU technology progressing"Now... Now i can't help but think "Why? Is this really necessary"
Ummm yes? Considering some server applications require hundreds of computers working in parallel.
Soon ppl will have to understand to let go to the GHz numbers or the number of cores when it comes to CPUs .. i mean look at video cards, nobody cares at what MHz does the radeon runs vs the geforce or how many cuda cores has the geforce compared to how many parallel processing cores has the radeon , it`s all about the performance of a certain CPU at a certain price range on certain applications. So stop the bullshit with AMD has 12 - 40 cores or Intel does better / clock speed, as long as 2 CPUS cost the same behave the same in an aplication nobody gives a shit how much GHz it has or how many cores it has, is the same crap at the same ammount of monney doing the same thing.
yeah...hit it right on the head
A. That has nothing to do with said article
B. "PC's" and Macs run the same hardware, so it comes down to how the OS takes advantage of it.
C. Creating a testing suite would be difficult, and going back to the previous point, they run the same hardware, and that's what Tom's does HARDWARE (it's not Tom's Operating System).
A. I don't give a rats ass what you think.
B. It's not Tom's Microsoft Windows Hardware
C. I wan't to see video conversions, photoshop times, and file compression.
D. Stop drinking caffeinated products.
E. For EDIT! They don't run the same hardware. LOL
When it gets put like that, it just sounds silly xD