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IDF: Core 2 Extreme QX9650 unveiled
Another extremely expensive chip that will also extremely tempting
Intel today unveiled the details of its first 45nm Penryn-based desktop CPU - the Core 2 Extreme QX9650. Like the current QX6850 CPU, the chip will be clocked at 3GHz, but Intel's vice president and director of digital enterprise operations, Steve Smith, claimed that 'even that outperforms the existing [QX6850] platform.'
Smith also said that Intel expects to get more out of the architecture in the future, and revealed that the chip will also have an 'aggressive' 12MB of Level 2 cache, as opposed to the 8MB of Level 2 cache on the current QX6850.
The chip will have a 1,333MHz front side bus, and has a TDP of 130W, which is much higher than the 95W quote for the standard Core 2 Quad Penryn CPUs that are slated to arrive later. As well as this, the chip will also support SSE4, which Intel claims can offer a 63 per cent performance-increase in DivX encoding when using VirtualDub.
The Core 2 Extreme QX9650 is compatible with Intel's P35 Express and X38 chipsets, and contains no fewer than 410-million transistors. The chip is scheduled to be launched on 12 November this year.
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I think Ben might be in the states at the moment, specifically 8 hours behind us - but then he was up pretty late!
Comment by combatus at 11:41pm 19th September 2007
I wonder how much these babies will cost? I WANT ONE!!
Comment by ilovefootball at 10:06pm 19th September 2007
nillion means nousand million, a nillion nillion is a billion trillion get it?
Comment by dimasoft at 8:14pm 19th September 2007
Posted at: 7:57am 19th September 2007 by Ben Hardwidge the CPC crew is up bright and early!! :P
Comment by NickMC07121989 at 7:58pm 19th September 2007
yeah im a lil confused.com and i never realise you spelt million with an "n", would be nice to see some stats on this chip.
Comment by MDK_UK at 1:46pm 19th September 2007
If I work hard and save a lot, one day I may become a nillionaire....
Comment by cllnc at 9:31am 19th September 2007
410 NILLION TRNASISTORS!!! i don't even know what that means!! sounds good
Comment by wegreenall at 9:00am 19th September 2007
Sorry, Custom PC comments are now closed.
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