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Yorkfield to launch at 3GHz
Author: Tim SmalleyPublished: 20th September 2007
Intel's first 45nm desktop part will be the Core 2 Extreme QX9650 at 3.00GHz.
The first 45nm desktop processor will be a quad-core Yorkfield chip clocked at 3.00GHz using a 1333MHz front side bus – exactly the same speed as Intel’s current flagship, the Core 2 Extreme QX6850.
It’ll be called the Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and, according to Intel, it will be the world’s first lead-free processor. The chip will have 12MB of L2 cache, which will be split into two 6MB shared L2 caches as this is still a dual dual-core design, and with it being an Extreme edition, the multiplier will be completely unlocked.
Despite using a smaller manufacturing process, the chip’s thermal design power will still be 130W. Intel has three TDP bands that its processors fit into – 65W, 95W and 130W that its processors fit into for simplicity purposes. Therefore, we’re still expecting the Wolfdale to use less power at the wall than a Kentsfield at the same frequency.
Although Intel hasn’t released pricing details, we’re expecting the chip to come in at US$999 per 1,000 chips – the same price as Intel’s current flagship processor.
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Intel has also disclosed some preliminary performance numbers in several of its presentations too. In scenarios that aren’t SSE4-optimised, we can expect to see a 7 to 13 percent performance increase over Kensfield at the same clock speed. In SSE4-optimised scenarios, the differential shoots up to a massive 63 percent when encoding video using DivX 6.6, which features experimental SSE4 support.
By the time these processors are launched, we may see even larger performance differentials – I guess we’ll have to wait until we’ve got one of the new chips in the bit-tech labs.
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Sam
Just wish it wasn't an Extreme edition, they're always overpriced at 999$ :(
hahaha, bargin bin is more like it!
whoops, double post. how do you delete a post?
Looking good... I'm still holding out though for the Nehalem though!
Dont see the need to get any of the new intel chips. Might as well wait a year or two for when games will achually need a fast quad core.
i got an customer that mite want an quad with 8gb of ram (3DS) so market is there
it's the same TDP as the QX6700, QX6800 and QX6850. :)
There's already an X-class Xeon coming out at 3.16/1333, with the 3.0/1333 in a the "E" thermal band, so expect this QX9650 to turn into a plain Q9650 and there to be a QX9750 at 3.16/1333. Intel will release the new chipset (X48 I think) supporting 1600 so expect them to do the funny "interleaving" thing with the brand numbers. You'll get a Q9700 at 3.0/1600 and a new QX9800 at 3.2/1600 under this assumption.
They could go higher, or advance in full rather than half-multipliers (though they've gone in halfs in the Xeon roadmap I saw on teh Inquirer), but perhaps there's no point given they're not being beaten up by AMD yet.