As report associates, the famous overclocker hicookie was able to remove the cover from the engineering model six-core 32 nm processor core i 7 -980X Extreme edition.
The photograph made by the author of the experiment allow to estimate the dimensions of the six-core crystal, which contains 12 mb cache in the third level. Gulftown crystal occupies only 248 sq. mm - this even less than the area of 45 nm four core processor bloomfield (263 sq. mm), which have one and half less cache in the third level. lynnfield processors are even larger - their core area is equal to 296 sq. mm, they are also released on 45 nm technology. The passage on 32 nm production technology allows Intel to place on 248 sq. mm six core with 12 mb cache in the third level, the total quantity of transistors in gulftown processors reaches 1,17 billion pieces. Related Products :
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