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Hot News of the Week: Jan. 30, 2009

5:40 PM - January 30, 2009 by Jane McEntegart
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: windows, xeon, opteron, xbox, intel
Categories: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Tech Talk, Storage

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Macworld is reporting that Intel plans to detail an eight-core Xeon processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month. The information about the upcoming reveal is scarce at best, however Macworld does say that Intel executives will discuss an eight-core, 16-thread Xeon processor manufactured with a 45-nanometer process.

Naturally, Intel fired back at the website, saying that although the chip manufacturer is presenting 16 papers at ISSCC, it didn't have anything further to share in regards to the Xeon rumor. If the processor indeed comes to light at the conference, this will be the company's first eight-core chip. Macworld speculates that the impending eight-core Xeon will probably be Intel's Nehalem EP processor, an upcoming chip designed for dual-socket workstations and servers.

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BallistaMan 01/31/2009 12:29 PM
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I'm still seriously hoping Microsoft doesn't release 5 versions. 3 maybe. Releasing 5 is just asking for trouble.

Shadow703793 01/31/2009 2:31 AM
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^+1. Starter and Basic are totally un-needed. May be for OEMs only, that'll be OK.

nukemaster 01/31/2009 3:44 AM
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MMMMMMMMM 2TB DRIVE!!!! DROOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL

randomizer 01/31/2009 7:26 AM
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Starter was only released in a few countries anyway. It's a useless OS, it only supports 1GB of RAM.

Tindytim 01/31/2009 10:04 AM
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All of those versions were Debunked as leftovers from Vista. 7 will release in multiple versions, but not the same versions as Vista (don't know the specifics, so it may be more, it may be less).

chris312 01/31/2009 11:52 PM
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Yeah, I thought this was already established. The list in the Beta installation is just leftover from Vista.

customisbetter 02/01/2009 6:56 PM
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If intel comes out with the 8 core/16 thread beast, then im sure the next Mac pro will have them. Since my work is in love with mac pros, we will buy a bunch. That means that i will get to operate a machine with theoretical 32 Cores...

Mother of God.

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