Pictures From Intel's Presentation on Future CPUs

By Marcus Yam
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Check out pictures from IDF 2009.

For the computing enthusiast, the Intel Developer Forum is pretty exciting. With sneak peeks and details given on what's coming down the pipe, there's a lot for the chip fan at IDF.

Sadly, not everyone can attend IDF (not even some of us due to time constraints), but thanks to the German side of Tom's Hardware, we've snapped some photos from the presentations for your enjoyment.

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Stay tuned for more!

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
22 Comments Comment from the forums
  • what no octo core
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  • Montezuma
    njkid3what no octo core
    At some point, more cores on a die will become too much of a cliche. In 50 years, it would be horrible to think that the advertisements would read, "OMG, 1337 h4ckr0z, we have 502,405 cores on a single die!. Beat that, bitches!". Of course, in 50 years, I expect us to be on to quantum-based computing, DNA computing, and other methods that are not even close to being dreamed up.

    Then I was to be able to travel back in time and and eliminate John Con...err, I want the Earth to be a peace.
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  • skykaptain
    Then I was to be able to travel back in time and and eliminate John Con...err, I want the Earth to be a peace.

    Do you have your gargoyle sunglasses?
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  • jn77
    skykaptainDo you have your gargoyle sunglasses?
    That is funny, I don't think I will see a 502,405 core processor in my life time.

    So speaking in reality, I would like to see an octo core or a 16 and 32 processor on the road map, with mother boards that support 48 and 96gb of ram, that only makes sense.

    Maybe my grandkids, kids will see an 100,000 core cpu.
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  • ElectroGoofy
    JN77Maybe my grandkids, kids will see an 100,000 core cpu.
    Well, you never know, in the last 10 or so years computers have taken some quantum leaps.
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  • nforce4max
    Its nice to see SGI is still in the game.
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  • Sooner or later, computers will start designing themselves.

    Engineers will just input the desired specifications nd the computers will come up with the design.

    But the scary part of that is how much control will humanity retain over the actions of future computers, especially those designed for the military.
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  • charlesxuma
    i'm dreaming of the day that all manufacturing companies bind together , like intel, AMD/ATI, Nvidia, IBM, and so on , to create ONE MEGA ARCHITECTURE that will defy all laws of physics and chemistry !!!

    BEHOLD THE BRINGER OF LIGHT !!!!!!
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  • Intel_ARK_Dude
    Here's a Stats Chart for all the products launched today:
    http://bit.ly/IDF09products
    Also, all of the http://bit.ly/Clarksfield processors:
    http://bit.ly/i7-920XM http://bit.ly/i7-820QM http://bit.ly/i7-720QM
    And the mobile version of http://bit.ly/IbexPeak:
    http://bit.ly/PM55chipset
    Hope it helps!
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  • Shadow703793
    nforce4maxIts nice to see SGI is still in the game.Alive and well: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/sgi-announces-octane-iii-personal-supercomputer/
    Reply