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AMD Confirms Six-Core Consumer Processors Codenamed “Thuban”
12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Just one day before Intel’s IDF conference, AMD dropped a little bit of a bomb on us, confirming that they will bring hexa-core processors to consumer computers. Even better, they’ll be backwards compatible with existing AM3 and AM2+ motherboards. More »
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Intel’s 6-Core Xeon (Westmere) Spotted
1:59AM Sean Fallon | We now know a little more about Intel’s upcoming six-core Xeon CPU codenamed Westmere thanks to these leaked engineering samples. More »
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Six-Core Nehalem Processors Might Arrive This Year
6:40AM Sean Fallon | According to bit-tech, , Intel is planning to release a six-core Nehalem processor sometime this year. More »
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Intel’s Six-Core Xeon 7400 ‘Dunnington’ Processor Shipping on September 15th
3:36AM Sean Fallon | According to CNET sources, Intel’s six-core “Dunnington”processor will begin rolling out to servers on September 15th under the Xeon 7400 series. The new chip is Intel’s first foray beyond four cores as well as their first to fuse multiple cores on a single die. It also features 16MB of L3 cache to help boost performance. The design is the last of the Penryn-class, and if the rumours hold true, we should see Core i7 (Nehalem) by the end of the year. [CNET via Electronista] More »
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