Intel Golftown CPU to have 6 cores, 3GHz, cost $1999!

[LCD123]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=804189

Here's some facts I found.

1. 6 cores is very difficult to make and AMD can't compete so it shall cost $1999!

2. Engineering samples are 2.4GHz so final clocks will be up to 3GHz and overclock up to 3.6GHz but will do 4GHz on exotic cooling. Those cpus are heat limited and stock cooling is high end!

3. There won't be quad core on 32nm but will for 22nm. Wait for 22nm if you want higher clocked hexcore cpus.

4. Golftown(i9?) is 20% faster clock for clock than i7

5. Golftown is server only. May work in x58 mobos however with a special modified bios.

6. We may see dual cores on 32nm, they will be similar to e8600s and clock the same and be 20% faster clock for clock and cost $500+

 

[bunnyfubbles]

wait, so you're saying we're going to have dual and hex but not quad...

 

[Fox5]

No way is Intel going to forgo quad cores completely on 32nm. I could see them skipping the server market, however.

 

[NXIL]

Here's some facts I found.

I do not think this word means what you think it means.

The link you provide is to a bunch of wankers who have no actual knowledge of anything.

"Golftown": is that the super-expensive version of "Gulftown"? Because really, if you can afford $2,000 for a single CPU, clearly you spend a lot of time golfing.

3. There won't be quad core on 32nm but will for 22nm. Wait for 22nm if you want higher clocked hexcore cpus.

Amazing insight into Intel marketing strategy. Amazing. And: that special Intel "Road Map" you have: must be nice.

But I agree, wait for the 22nm tock version: then you will be "future proof", and won't have to buy the $1,999 CPU.


And: I do apologize to all for feeding the troll. Sorry.

 

[ghost recon88]

Golftown :laugh:

 

[Idontcare]

I like how all these "facts" have actually been fully discussed in these forums and even published on AT's homepage some 6-9 months ago. (fact: Date: February 11th, 2009)

I can't wait for the next installment of macrumorfacts! Will Intel abandon the netburst microarchitecture and transition to something wildly different? Will AMD's nex-gen quadcore processor be the bee's knees or will something completely unexpected, like a TLB issue, strike its Achilles tendon at the last moment?

What other "news" from years ago are headed our way!?

Stay tuned to find out, OR if you are the kind of impatient person who just can't wait to be retold that which has already happened or been discussed to death in the forums already just head on over to here and checkout all the dated articles your mind can handle!

 

[NXIL]

IDC: seriously, dude, you need to read the secret roadmap more carefully.

In addition to "Golftown", there is "Sandy Trap":

The Sandy Trap version has hyper-hyperthreading--so the multiple 22nm cores go "hyper" under hygher loads.

This makes the screen image jitter a little bit, like a kid on Red Bull, but that's OK: it's how you know H-HT working.

And that's what makes it worth two grand.


Edit: 666 posts. Coincidence? You decide.

 

[Idontcare]

Oh NXIL, poster who hath the number of devils, I bow in reverence to your superior secret roadmap, please take my women and burn my house but I beg of you please have mercy and leave me be with my donkey...me loves me a sandy sandy trap.

 

[NXIL]

IDC: look at your post number: it's terrifying!

6665.

Don't do it!

NX

Coincidence? Right. How many days till 2012? And the Intel "road map" ends in 2012, at least according to Larry Bee. Larry said this was a fact.

 

[dank69]

I heard the the Sandy Trap is actually a defensive feature placed strategically around each core to protect them from malware attacks.

I also heard there is already a 'Tiger' virus that can bypass the traps and get right near the center CPU pin. Also in development is a 'Mickelson' virus that can still get to the pin in 1 step after getting caught in the sandy trap.

 

[NXIL]

Dank, true dat, but a lot depends on what kind of driver you are using.

It uses green technology, so this is good.

It's easy to scratch the integrated heat spreader, so they put a handy cap on it to protect it.

Larry Bee has not taken a stance on this yet, but he'll be putting up a poster to show the whole N1 stepping of that chip is good.

 

[LoneNinja]

Originally posted by: LCD123
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=804189

Here's some facts I found.

1. 6 cores is very difficult to make and AMD can't compete so it shall cost $1999!

2. Engineering samples are 2.4GHz so final clocks will be up to 3GHz and overclock up to 3.6GHz but will do 4GHz on exotic cooling. Those cpus are heat limited and stock cooling is high end!

3. There won't be quad core on 32nm but will for 22nm. Wait for 22nm if you want higher clocked hexcore cpus.

4. Golftown(i9?) is 20% faster clock for clock than i7

5. Golftown is server only. May work in x58 mobos however with a special modified bios.

6. We may see dual cores on 32nm, they will be similar to e8600s and clock the same and be 20% faster clock for clock and cost $500+

AMD has had a 6 core opteron for about half a year now, they have a 6 core processor coming to desktop in 2010 called Thuban, and they've got a 12core server processor coming out 1H of 2010 called mangy cores(my spelling may be wrong on that one).

 

[NXIL]

and they've got a 12core server processor coming out 1H of 2010 called mangy cores

This is a fact:

http://forums.vr-zone.com/news...ample-overclocked.html

Each of these dozen cores comes pre-loaded with an embedded version of Ubuntu 12.12, the "Mangy Muskrat" release.

 

[lopri]

Golftown, hehe.

 

[deputc26]

Been a while since I posted here but this thread is hilarious!

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: LCD123

2. Engineering samples are 2.4GHz so final clocks will be up to 3GHz and overclock up to 3.6GHz but will do 4GHz on exotic cooling. Those cpus are heat limited and stock cooling is high end!

I am pretty sure it will do beyond 4Ghz on non-exotic cooling, and significantly higher than 4.0ghz on exotic cooling (i.e., phase-change, LN2).

3. There won't be quad core on 32nm but will for 22nm.

So you are saying Intel will never release 32nm Quad Core Sandy Bridge?

4. Golftown(i9?) is 20% faster clock for clock than i7

I call BS on this! It's the same Nehalems architecture. We won't see this kind of increase until Sandy Bridge. It may be up to 50% faster due to having extra 2 cores and HT on them but not from per clock efficiency perspective.

5. Golftown is server only. May work in x58 mobos however with a special modified bios.

No. It should work in all X58 motheboards with a bios update. In fact most already do support it.

6. We may see dual cores on 32nm, they will be similar to e8600s and clock the same and be 20% faster clock for clock and cost $500+

So 32nm Core i5-660 3.3ghz with 3.60ghz turbo mode for $196 is not going to come out in January 2010?.... :laugh:

 

[Ayah]

They can't release a single socket version for 2000$ if they want anyone to buy it. I don't think the price will be above 1500 for multi-socket systems and even less for the single socket part.

 

[GLeeM]

Ok, quit hazing the new guy

I think this thread was/is a plan to get aigo to spill a few more beans?

Where is he anyway? Hey you oldtimers, from past experience, when will he start giving more hints about his new toy?
Can anyone tell from what he has said or has not said, whether i9 is better (as great as he was hoping) or worse?

 

[drizek]

so is this going to be the Core i9iron?

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: GLeeM
Ok, quit hazing the new guy

I think this thread was/is a plan to get aigo to spill a few more beans?

Where is he anyway? Hey you oldtimers, from past experience, when will he start giving more hints about his new toy?
Can anyone tell from what he has said or has not said, whether i9 is better (as great as he was hoping) or worse?

If you care about H2O results, then yes, performance is on par with the scaling of the cores (similar IPC) and hits ballpark GHz as bloomfield does. Westmere is a evolutionary micro-step in microarchitecture compared to the Conroe -> Penryn evolutionary mini-step which at least added more cache to the picture along with the handful of SSE extensions.

Expect performance/watt to go up thanks to 32nm, but don't expect IPC to go anywhere except for a select few security/encryption apps and stock clockspeeds will all still be sub-4GHz across the board.

 

[LCD123]

There will be no quad cores on 32nm.

http://hera.hardocp.com/showpo...034648654&postcount=26

"Only dual-cores. There will be no quad-core 32nm Nehalem CPUs, i5 or otherwise."

http://forums.overclockers.co....=15155818&postcount=56

"Except Intel have already said the Extreme version of the Gulftwon will be $1600 per cpu......................."

by hayder.master (June 24th - 7:56 AM) - Reply

"6 cores 12M cash seems it is expensive , and i think the extreme i9 cost 2000$"

by InTeL-iNsIdE (June 24th - 12:22 PM) - Reply

"maybe in a few years time, a 6 core i9 will be an affordable upgrade for existing i7 owners ? *DROOLS*"

For core i9:

"Also They are claiming that the stock speeds will be 20% faster than current i7's"

More facts on 32nm cpus:

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3645

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: drizek
so is this going to be the Core i9iron?

this post wins the post of the thread award!
:laugh:

a little birdy told me these 6 core gulftowns are gonna be monsters!

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Expect performance/watt to go up thanks to 32nm

So it will have the higher turbo boost like P55 i5 and i7 vs X58 i7?

How much will four more cores affect temps at 4.2 - 4.6?

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: drizek
so is this going to be the Core i9iron?

Certainly it will pitch the wedge out of your back pocket called your wallet. You will not even afford a slice of pizza for a month after that bogey hits your checkbook. Best not get hooked on bleeding edge unless you can fly high with the rest of the eagles. Of course eagles soar but green gophers don't get sucked into jet engines.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: LoneNinja
12core server processor coming out 1H of 2010 called mangy cores(my spelling may be wrong on that one).

Lol at "Mangee" cores ...I believe it's Magny Cours named after the F1 track.