AMD Making a 5 GHz 8-Core Processor At 220 Watts

Vigile writes "It looks like the rumors were true; AMD is going to be selling an FX-9590 processor this month that will hit frequencies as high as 5 GHz. Though originally thought to be an 8-module/16-core part, it turns out that the new CPU will have the same 4-module/8-core design that is found on the current lineup of FX-series processors including the FX-8350. But, with an increase of the maximum Turbo Core speed from 4.2 GHz to 5.0 GHz, the new parts will draw quite a bit more power. You can expect the the FX-9590 to need 220 watts or so to run at those speeds and a pretty hefty cooling solution as well. Performance should closely match the recently released Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell processor so AMD users that can handle the 2.5x increase in power consumption can finally claim performance parity."

Comments

Big deal

[Anonymous Coward]

Power 6 was running at 5.0ghz 5-6 years ago.

Re:I still run software written in 1999

[Anonymous Coward]

Because bacon.

Re: Awesome

[DigiShaman]

IANAP. I don't think we will ever see CPUs clocked to 10Ghz unless there's some asynchronous timing voodoo used. I'm of the understanding that the speed of light and signal propagation is the real limitation here with regards to higher frequencies.