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8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX To Launch This Month

Posted by Soulskill on from the double-the-cores-for-only-twice-the-price dept.

MojoKid writes "What could you do with 8 physical cores of CPU processing power? Intel's upcoming 8-core Nehalem-EX is launching later this month, according to Intel Xeon Platform Director Shannon Poulin. The announcement puts to rest rumors that the 8-core part might be delayed, and makes good on a promise Intel made last year when the chip maker said it would release the chip in the first half of 2010. To quickly recap, Nehalem-EX boasts an extensive feature-set, including up to 8 cores per processor, up to 16 threads per processor with Intel Hyper-threading, scalability up to eight sockets via Intel's serial Quick Path Interconnect and more with third-party node controllers, and 24MB of shared cache."

3 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. Finally! by sardaukar_siet · · Score: 5, Funny

    The end to "can it run Crysis?" jokes!

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

    Yes... on Friday nights, me, her, and your mom do threesomes.

  3. AMD's competitor, Socket G32 by yuhong · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In other news, AMD has a blog article on it's soon to be launched competitor to this, Socket G32 8-core/12-core Opterons:
    http://blogs.amd.com/work/2010/02/22/magny-cours-is-right-on-schedule-and-shipping-to-customers/