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Intel Core i9 (Gulftown) - 6 cores, 32 nm: hands-on review

early Gulftown engineering sample previewed.

Polish computer site PCLab managed to secure an engineering sample of an Intel chip manufactured on the Westmere 32nm process, containing six-cores and 12MB of L3. Yes, it certainly looks like Gulftown – the codename for what likely will end up being marketed as Core i9.
Despite Gulftown not being officially supported yet the testers managed to get Gulftown to work on three boards: Gigabyte EX58-Extreme, ASUS Rampage II Gene and ASUS P6T SE, thanks to the chip using LGA 1366 socket. Of course, the BIOSes for the motherboards weren't optimized for Gulftown just yet, so there were some performance issues – particularly in the memory department.
Overall, test results showed that Gulftown performs as many would hope it would with an extra two Hyperthreaded cores. Multithreaded applications saw impressive gains thanks to the bump in 50 percent greater number of cores.
The early benchmarks show a very impressive chip from the Westmere family that we'll be

seeing in 2010.



The Intel processors currently available on the market are members of two families: Nehalem and Penryn, and all are made using the 45-nanometer process technology. The Nehalem processors are Core i7 for the LGA 1366 socket (codename: Bloomfield), Core i7 and Core i5 for the LGA1156 socket (codename: Lynnfield) as well as the laptop-dedicated Core i7 (codename: Clarksfield). Later this year and early next year, Intel plans to launch the Westmere processor family. The Westmere codename stands for all circuits, which, based on the Tick-Tock strategy, will be manufactured using the same architecture as Nehalem, but using 32 nanometer processing. The first ones to land in the stores will probably be the Clarkdale processors - dual-core systems with integrated graphics cores designed for the LGA1156 socket. With time, the Westmere family will grow in view of the advent of laptop-dedicated dual-cores with integrated graphics – the Arrandale and Gulftown processors.....


Check out PCLab for the full preview.

[poldopunk]

saw this link on techpowerup and the most interesting thing is that these processors are faster than the current i7s and yet runs a lot cooler.

[dexlimp]

cooler and lower tdp jud ni..

[HanzoHattori]

nice au da

[digitalart]

kuyawa na ani oi bago pa gani tong i7

[swiftkillu]

choya!...pero mahal sad kaayo inig release...mas maayo noon ko i-release na next year..para mubarato ang i7 ^_^..AFFORDABLE NA..bwahahaha

[nirdle_phogi]

kun dili mobarato ang i7, arang mahala na jud tali ni.. huhu

[swiftkillu]

muobos lagi na ^_^... someday.. di baya tanan taw kwartahan..so consumer friendly jud ang price..

[whoopz]

heheh.... pag ubos sa price sa i7, mugawas napud ang i10... muingon napud ta "kani kay mubarato ang i9."

dayun pag ubos sa price sa i9, mugawas napud ang i11.. muingon napud ta "kani kay mubarato ang i10."

dayun pag ubos sa price sa i10, mugawas napud ang i12.. muingon napud ta "kani kay mubarato ang i11."

etc..... haaayzzzz... walang katapusang upgrades...... but yeah, advancement in technology is good.

[Ityan]

Sez.. Mag hiatus lang sad unta ang technology uiee. Dali ra keu maka make ug new processor. Samot ka lumah ang mga dual core ani. T_T