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Intel Unveils 6-Core Xeon 7400

Posted by kdawson on from the not-cheaper-by-the-half-dozen dept.

JagsLive recommends CNet coverage that begins "Intel officially unveiled its six-core 'Dunnington' Xeon 7400 processor Monday ... As expected, Intel launched the Dunnington chip for high-end servers ... The Xeon 7400 is also one of the first Intel chips to have a monolithic design. In other words, all six cores will be on one piece of silicon. To date, for any processor having more than two cores, Intel has put two separate pieces of silicon ... inside one chip package."

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  1. Yes! It should totally be a power of two. by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they're really making 8-core chips but their factories are primitive so normally only about six of them work.

    These chips are all defective. I wouldn't buy one and neither should you.

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  2. Re:Base 2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    6 = 8 - 2 broken cores ?

  3. It has six cores... by halcyon1234 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and a moisturizer strip for a cool, refreshing finish.

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  4. Re:Base 2 by davidbrit2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, 6 is a power of 2. It's 2^2.585, to be inexact.

  5. Re:Base 2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    2^(log2(6)) to be exact.

  6. Re:Base 2 by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pentium 1 user, aren't you?