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Intel Hits 50 Years and Its CPUs Hit 5.0 GHz (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the pushing-the-limits dept.

Intel will turn 50 next month, so to celebrate that, its CPUs are hitting 5.0 GHz for the first time, it said. At Computex event in Taiwan this week, the chipmaker announced the limited edition 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8086K processor, the first-ever CPU from the company with a 5.0GHz turbo frequency. From a report: Intel, of course, is the world's biggest chip maker, and its fortunes are wedded to the success of the personal computer. "As we transition to the data-centric era, the PC remains a critical facet of Intel's business, and it's an area where we believe there are still so many opportunities ahead," Bryant said. "Today, at Computex in Taipei, I shared our vision for the future of the PC and introduced a wide range of new technologies that will help us and the broader ecosystem make this future a reality. One that transforms the PC from a simple computer into a platform that can power every person's greatest contribution."

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  1. Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by NFN_NLN · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "SPARC T8-2 Server Specifications
    ARCHITECTURE
    Processor
      Thirty-two core, 5.0 GHz SPARC M8 processor
      Up to 256 threads per processor"

    1. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Informative

      That's cool, but comparing clock speed between different processor architectures is mostly meaningless.

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    2. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by Junta · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This is true, but the claim verbatim is 'first-ever 5.0 ghz', so it's correct to call them out on not hitting the front.

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    3. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by omnichad · · Score: 4, Informative

      If that's verbatim, where is it?

      The article says "first-ever CPU with a 5.0GHz turbo frequency" which was crafted to be correct on a technicality (it's not the base clock rate).

      The summary says "its CPUs are hitting 5.0 GHz for the first time"

      And Intel doesn't make SPARC chips, so that's also correct.

    4. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by ebrandsberg · · Score: 4, Informative

      There isn't a direct quote on this point, so it may be the writer that said this wording, not the person being quoted. Meanwhile, the title is accurate, with "its CPUs hit 5.0 GHz", not it is the first to hit 5.0Ghz. As mentioned, the Sparc has had 5.0ghz, but AMD also has: https://www.anandtech.com/show/8316/amds-5-ghz-turbo-cpu-in-retail-the-fx9590-and-asrock-990fx-extreme9-review.

    5. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by NFN_NLN · · Score: 4, Informative

      Intel: https://newsroom.intel.com/edi...
      "the first Intel processor with a 5.0 GHz turbo frequency"

      Intel actually qualifies their statement and all the reporters parroted it without the qualification. So basically, just another news day.

      Venturebeat: https://venturebeat.com/2018/0...
      "the first-ever CPU with a 5.0GHz turbo frequency, said Intel’s Gregory Bryant"

      CNET: https://www.cnet.com/news/inte...
      "the first-ever CPU with a 5.0GHz turbo frequency." ...

    6. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      "Intel will turn 50 next month, so to celebrate that, its CPUs are hitting 5.0 GHz for the first time, it said. At Computex event in Taiwan this week, the chipmaker announced the limited edition 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8086K processor, the first-ever CPU from the company with a 5.0GHz turbo frequency. "

      Noone is claiming "first ever", they are claiming " Intel's first ever".

    7. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by sexconker · · Score: 3, Interesting

      WRONG!

      AMD gave us the FX-9590 with 4.7 GHz base and 5.0 GHz turbo clocks FIVE years ago.

    8. Re:Oracle already has a 5.0 GHz chip on the market by pak9rabid · · Score: 3, Informative

      And IBM gave that to us over 10 years ago with their POWER6 CPUs:

      https://hardware.slashdot.org/...

  2. Yay! Progress! by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Intel celebrates 50 years, and the 8086 Instruction Set Architechure celebrates 45 years.

    1. Re:Yay! Progress! by religionofpeas · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Compatibility is a nice feature, and it's a testament to the design that they could remain compatible for so long.

  3. Re:5GHz too late... by danomac · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yep, they held them back at least 5 years so it would coincide with their anniversary. Idiots.

  4. Turbo frequency by MrL0G1C · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will I need to hit the turbo button on the front of the PC to get this 'Turbo frequency'?

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    1. Re:Turbo frequency by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      I'm both old enough to remember those and young enough to remember how I thought it was a dumb idea. Thankfully processors change clock speed based on actual load now.

      Turbo button was for legacy compatibility, A lot of old games used cycle based timing, so on a faster cpu the game ran too fast. Hit the turbo button to slow down cpu and voila, scaling based on load wouldn't work for that use.

  5. Re:Skylake again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    and naturally this particular CPU is affected by both Meltdown and Spectre

    Yeah, but it does it faster. So....there is that.

  6. They missed an opportunity by tadas · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really wish they'd built a chip that ran at 4.77 GHz...

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  7. Re:I though we got off the mhz (Ghz) myth. by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The higher the clock speed, the higher the wasted power to heat. And if the chips get to hot, they work faulty anyway, the smaller they get, the more faulty they get, too.

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  8. Re:Skylake again by EvilSS · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or you can get the Workstation Xeon they just showed off that runs 28 cores at 5GHz on all cores. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-cpu-28-core-5-ghz,37201.html

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