Just one day before Intel ’s IDF group discussion , AMD overleap a little bit of a dud on us , confirming that they will fetch hexa - Congress of Racial Equality processors to consumer computers . Even better , they ’ll be rearwards compatible with be AM3 and AM2 + motherboards .
The processor will be a reading of AMD ’s six - core server processors , and will localize all six cores on one 45 nm die . AMD warned that clock speed will probably not be quite as high as current quad - core processors ( MaximumPC suggest this may be due to “ added thermal output from the two additional core ” ) , and will have 3 MB of L2 and 6 MB of L3 stash . It ’ll be compete with Intel ’s “ Gulftown ” ( likely Core i9)when it debut next twelvemonth . But the best news program here is the backward - compatibility — unlike Intel , you wo n’t have to replace your motherboard if you need to kick upstairs to the “ Thuban ” procs . We desire Intel be suit , and we ’ll let you eff how they respond later this week from IDF . [ MaximumPCviaEngadget ]
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