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The release of six-core processor Intel gulftown, which will obtain the commercial designation core i7 980X, is transferred for the second quarter next year. Associate asserts, that this processor will appear at the end of the first quarter, as it was expected earlier.
The exemplary period of official premiers March 2010. Possibly, will be timed to the exhibition ceBIT 2010. Thus, Intel will release its six-core processor for the desktop systems earlier than AMD. Let us recall, AMD also prepares the release of six-core processor for desktop systems : thuban. Equipped with DDR3 controller , 3MB cache in the second level and 6 MB cache in the third level, 45-nm processor, supposedly, will obtain the commercial designation AMD phenom II X6.
Concerning Core i7 980X, it will be released on the more advanced 32nm technology and will obtain 12 MB cache in the third level. It will have TDP 130 W, and the capacity of QPI bus will be 6,4 GT/s. The processor LGA 1366 can be installed on the chipset X58 after bios update.
The price of processor core i7 980X, according to associate will be approximately equal to $1000. Related Products :
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