Our permanent readers already know that in the third quarter of 2007 intel will release the model core 2 Duo e6xxx with the bus frequency of 1333 MHz, high-end model from which will work at the default frequency of 3.0 GHz. Although the appearance of processor conroe with the frequency of 3.0 GHz is not something surprising, many for sure would want to know, what is the level of power consumption will demonstrate such processor with model core 2 Duo e6850 (3.0 GHz).
From here I would like to recall that the exicisting processor core 2 Extreme x6800 (2.93 GHz) stepping B2 with marking of form SL9S5 has the TDP level not more than 75 W, whereas all the remaining dual core processors core 2 Duo with 4 mb cache are limited to TDP value not more than 65 W. Will the processor core 2 Duo e6850 (3.0 GHz) overcome the 75 W barrier ?
As report associates , all three basic conroe models with the bus frequency of 333 MHz will be packed in the TDP=65 W. Exception will not become the processor core 2 Duo e6850, whose default frequency will be 3.0 GHz.
In principle, in a similar efficiency there is nothing surprising - to the third quarter of 2007 the core conroe will move over many stepping. Each one from those update can bring a decrease in the level of energy requirement. For example, stepping B2 will leave place for more progressive stepping soon. In any case, the four core processors kentsfield, which will show up at the beginning of November, will be already based on new stepping, which can be called "stepping B3".
Certainly, the appearance of new stepping usually brings improvement in the overclocking potential, but in the case with the processors conroe limit factors usually become motherboards. However, at the beginning of the following year on the market will appear conroe models with the high defaults multipliers and the low bus frequency , which will for sure relate to the new stepping and will overclock amazingly.