Intel Core i9 ''Gulftown'' , Six Core Processor Coming

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One of the recent hot news in the technology world is that the AMD introduces its six core processor AMD OPTERON . Last i found another hot news that Intel is also going to introduce a Six Core processor named Core i9 ''Gulftown''. So the Processor War is going on as like.

The new Six Core Core i9 processor from Intel will be based on the 32 nm Westmere architecture. Intel company already shows the samples of the chip. With the support for Socket LGA1366, Gulftown is based on 32nm technology, operating at 2.4GHz (18*133MHz), with 12MB of L3 cache. The new Intel Core i9 Gulftown which features 6 cores and 12 threads with HyperThreading enabled provides 50% more performance than core i7 with supporting the additional data load over the QuickPath Interconnect.

Other features of 12 core, 24 thread Core i9 Gulftown processor is that it uses 24 GB of DDR3 memory using 4 GB modules. With this new Core i9 processor, Intel company will targeting the premium enthusiast market. Sources indicate that the new 32nm Six core processor from Intel, Core i9 which is code named as Gulftown will be launched by the first quarter of 2010 .

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