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Intel's new Penryn chips

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Pathik
Pathik Original post #1
Jan 9, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Intel has kicked an already down AMD by celebrating the arrival of 16 new chips across its laptop, PC and server lines.

The fresh chip dump marks the arrival of Intel's first laptop chips manufactured with a 45nm process that allows for faster, more energy efficient products. Intel CEO Paul Otellini emphasized the mobile strike at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where chip-filled gadgets are all the rage. Along with the laptop parts, Intel pushed out a number of new 45nm desktop and server processors that complement parts released in November.


On the laptop front, we find the following chips all with a 800MHz front side bus:
Core 2 Extreme X9000 at 2.8GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo T9500 at 2.6GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo T9300 at 2.5GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo T8300 at 2.4GHz with 3MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo T8100 at 2.1GHz with 3MB of L2 cache

With the desktop chips, customers will see the following with a 1333MHz front side bus:
Core 2 Quad Q9550 at 2.83GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Quad Q9450 at 2.66GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Quad Q9300 at 2.50GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo E8500 at 3.16GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo E8400 at 3GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo E8200 at 2.66GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Core 2 Duo E8190 at 2.66GHz with 6MB of L2 cache

And closing things out on the server side, we find four chips with a 1333MHz front side bus:
Quad-core Xeon X3360 at 2.83GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
Quad-core Xeon X3350 at 2.66GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
Quad-core Xeon X3320 at 2.5GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
Dual-core Xeon E3110 at 3GHz with 6MB of L2 cache

Intel loves to perform these types of shock and awe processor displays and loves the grand showings even more when AMD is facing tough times. The folks at AMD - struggling to find four-core parts - no doubt appreciate Intel's enthusiasm.

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Gigacore
Jan 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM
well.. its a old news for me... though, thanks for the info
T
Jan 9, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Intel putting nails in AMDs coffin :(

and nVidia going to assist with GeForce 9 :'(
blackpearl
Jan 9, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Old news, alright. But just look at the cache size - 12MB!!
DigitalDude
Jan 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM
meh

no one can beat Lays Magic Masala


:D
K
Jan 9, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Toshibha has already introduced his NB`s wid Penryn chips in CES
DigitalDude
Jan 9, 2008 at 5:21 PM
^^^

its not there near my house.. but tasted it when I was staying in Delhi..

magic masala FTW! :p
desiibond
Jan 9, 2008 at 5:23 PM
only Fusion can save AMD now. Hope AMD get's it right. If that happens, it will be a death blow to Intel and nVidia in one shot.
DigitalDude
Jan 10, 2008 at 8:03 AM
^^^^

happy now ? :p
Pathik
Pathik #12
Jan 10, 2008 at 1:59 PM
only Fusion can save AMD now. Hope AMD get's it right. If that happens, it will be a death blow to Intel and nVidia in one shot.
Intel isn't just going to sit around and watch AMD. Nehalem ll be released just the same time as Fusion.
desiibond
desiibond #13
Jan 10, 2008 at 3:06 PM
All that matters is architecture, not the timing. IMHO
nvidia
nvidia #14
Jan 10, 2008 at 3:09 PM
AMDs road to death.

Btw, does Nehalem II got something to do with Fusion type of architecture? :confused:
goobimama
goobimama #15
Jan 10, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Is this magic masala a new flavour or something?

Also, Intel still doesn't have a 'native' quad core right?
Who
Who #16
Jan 10, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Lays magic masala is out there for ages but try Bingo's Chili Bijali its awesome.
goobimama
goobimama #17
Jan 10, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Oh it's the blue packet right? Ah. That's okay. I agree with you though. Bingo's Chili Bijali is great! Even better than Halo 3!
J
juggler #18
Jan 10, 2008 at 4:21 PM
AMD will be going to have a tough time as the new processors will be priced at the same have prices same as of current core2duo
DigitalDude
Jan 10, 2008 at 4:21 PM
@goobi

yes u r correct, two cores in a single die
goobimama
goobimama #21
Jan 10, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Well in it's current state, the quad cores that Intel provides are merely two dual core processors put on one die. A native quad core has more performance benefits, in that it can share the same L2 cache (Eg, Core 1 can use 10MB of cache while the rest of them use whatever remains). Currently Core 1 can use only upto 6MB of the total 12MB cache (6MB per dual core). And there's some more stuff which I don't really understand.
nvidia
nvidia #22
Jan 10, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Well in it's current state, the quad cores that Intel provides are merely two dual core processors put on one die. A native quad core has more performance benefits, in that it can share the same L2 cache (Eg, Core 1 can use 10MB of cache while the rest of them use whatever remains). Currently Core 1 can use only upto 6MB of the total 12MB cache (6MB per dual core). And there's some more stuff which I don't really understand.
Cool! Thanks for the info:)
H
hellgate #23
Jan 10, 2008 at 7:52 PM
i'm waiting 4 Intel to release Nehealem so that i can upgrade my present Q6600.hope it proves to a gr8 series of procies when released.
dOm1naTOr
dOm1naTOr #24
Jan 10, 2008 at 9:33 PM
But accoding to the specs, the phenom seems more like a 128 bit proccy nd on paper it shud give more performance due to native quadcore nd all. They why its not-im not sure. Ive tried to read any info on it as now there are much more importand things happening around here.
I think i shud have a coffee.

goobimama
try centre shock. Its a gud one [no it dun haf ny relation with dual/quad cores. It just have a core with a SHOCK].
and yup, im bit sleepy, maybe due to yesterdays thread. he he
goobimama
goobimama #25
Jan 10, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Btw, I had the Red Bijlee today. Amazing stuff! Thanks for the recommendation! Not that I'm a potato chip junkie, just have it once in a way.
Cyclone
Cyclone #26
Jan 10, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Yippeeyaiiiyaaayyyy!!!! When're they bringin' em out here where us poor hostel-boys can have a crack at it, with our bijlee-wrapper-filled rooms and all-night-(and some days)-long lan parties???
M
Jan 11, 2008 at 1:35 PM
What is the difference between Core 2 Quad Q9450 at 2.66GHz with 12MB of L2 cache and Quad-core Xeon X3350 at 2.66GHz with 12MB of L2 cache ??????????

In short what is the difference between normal Core 2 Quad and Quad-Core Xeon??
nvidia
nvidia #28
Jan 11, 2008 at 1:38 PM
AFAIK, Xeon is for servers and the other is for personal computers.:)
M
Jan 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM
But the specs are same same and even price...

so, what is the actual difference???

just name? i don't think so!!

intel must have some great plans to give kick to quad core era before it actually comes out with native quad core...