^^ Hehe....
Actually the no. of cores rumour hasn't been confirmed by intel. What we can assume is that its definitely going to be more than 6 cores or maybe hyperthreaded versions of 6 and 8 core parts that works out to 12 and 16 threads respectively. That article with the "core" part can be a typo. Only a confirmation can clear all doubts. But again, if the tdp is 130 w, there is a high chance of the above rumour to be true. Highest end haswell quad core hyperthreaded chips have a tdp of 55-65w which also includes an igp. Considering haswell-e has no igp and the tdp value only applies to cpu cores, it won't be surprising if it actually turns out to be a 12-16 core part.
Now what's interesting is intel's backward compatibility support which has been leaked. Haswell-E is going to support DDR4 memory type with the advent of a newer platform chipset
called "Lituya Bay" with of course a new socket. It will be the first platform from intel to support DDR4 memory. But what's surprising is the backward compatibility of haswell-e with existing socket 2011
motherboards.
This might prove to be a shocker and a delight for workstation intel users. Haswell-E simply fitting into socket 2011 (x79) motherboards albeit with ddr3 memory support is like a huge icing in the cake.
Intel's next micro architecture skylake which will have a fab process of 14nm is going to support ddr4 memory too.
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