Tick Tock

[carmicael]

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Six-core Dunnington to cost $2,651

Caneland socket 604 compatible

Dunnington, or should we start calling it the six -core Xeon X7460, will aim at the large server market and this very innovative CPU will fit into the Caneland platform. You should see it as Tigerton’s big brother that will score some untouchable performance numbers.

If you put four of these CPUs together, and this should be possible, you will end up with a stunning 24-cores, and AMD needs to plug in six CPUs to match Intel’s four. Six CPUs naturally draw more power and you usually plug in either four or eight CPUs; and eight CPU platforms are rather rare as they are expensive.

As we already said yesterday, the fastest six-core CPU will work at 2.66GHz, has 16MB of cache and works on a 1,066MHz bus. We heavily suspect that it works in Socket 604, something that Intel currently uses for its Caneland platform. The Xeon X7460 will cost a stunning US$2,651 at launch. This currently looks like the most expensive Xeon of all times.

The second in line is the Xeon E7450, and this CPU works at 2.4GHz and has 12MB cache memory. It also uses the 1,066MHz bus and the same Socket 604. It will cost $2,235 at launch.

They are not really the cheapest things around, but just keep in mind that the fastest quad-core based-X7350 with 2.93GHz clock, 8MB of cache memory and the same 1,066MHz FSB in FC-PGA6 socket sells for the same $2,235.

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=7458&Itemid=1

yeah, tick goes the heart, tock goes the world. 4 sockets. 4 processors. 24 cores. a powerhouse. we need 6 cores or more to keep our uh, web browsers snappy. hehe.

"Quad-core shmod-core Intel, we need 6 cores or more to keep our uh, web browsers snappy. While you're at it, how about tossing in some Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) so that each core can process two threads at a time -- 16 simultaneous threads per 8-core processor or 32 for dual-processor, 8-core rigs. If that sounds good then you're in luck; Intel just went official with its near-term architecture plans which include the 2008 launch of a 6-core Dunnington-class server CPU platform based on Intel's 45-nm Penryn "tick" architecture. On deck is Intel's second generation Nehalem "tock" architecture with SMT and scalable from 2- to 8-cores. We're talking "dramatic" performance and energy improvements, according to Intel, from a microarchitecture bent on delivering an 8 MB level-3 cache, DDR3-800 memory support, 25.6GB per second Quickpath interconnects (so long Front Side Bus!), an integrated memory controller and optional integrated graphics to high-end servers and eventually laptops. Hear that AMD? Tick, tock goes the clock."

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/i...alem-official/


uh-oh. c'mon AMD let's see some competition! please.

[infoseeker]

Six-core Dunnington to cost $2,651

Caneland socket 604 compatible

uh-oh. c'mon AMD let's see some competition! please.

pagawaz pud ug bag-o para muos-us ang presyo sa intel

way lami jud kung walay competition
competition- benifits for the consumer

[carmicael]

pagawaz pud ug bag-o para muos-us ang presyo sa intel

way lami jud kung walay competition
competition- benifits for the consumer

i agree. a processor for $2K is really way off limits for us. but, grabe jud siguro power ani bai uie. di ko ka-imagine.

[brown_dog]

Maybe 3dmark vantage cpu score alone will reach 20k.

[carmicael]

Maybe 3dmark vantage cpu score alone will reach 20k.

this i have to see for my self. imagine the whole system's score.