Intel's 6-Core CPU Possibly Delayed

[danimal_the_animal]

WOW my ripbot264 program could SURE USE THIS!

my q6600 @ 3.0ghz just takes to long to encode 1080p video (and all 4 cores are buried at 100%).....i need more POWER!

 

[yang]

what really caught my attention is that they fit on the lga1366 socket, bravo to intel for not being asses and releasing a totally new socket type for the people who don't want to shell out for a new set of motherboards

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]yoda8232[/nom]And what program needs this?[/citation]
I wouldn't mind having a 6-core monster for renders. Raytracing and animation don't usually mix, but they might with that beast powering my rig.

 

[zedx]

Umm when did they say the hexa core 32nm would come in q4? Didn't they already say dual cores 32nm in q4 and six core processors in H1 2010? And H1 2010 = q2 to q4 2010 usually...

There are plenty of things that will be using this... Mainly help for more multitasking... A lot of apps like video rendering, encoding, 3d rendering, image manipulation, physics etc are a lot data parallel and can do much better in GPU's. If they don't rewrite in opencl(which they should) for such things, we can at least expect apps that run very fast with larrabee. So really a GPU matters more for many things in the future...

 

[Guest]

What's the bloody point? Pointless until the majority of apps (not to mention the OS) are taking advantage of multi core systems.

 

[stairmand]

Gulftown will also be compatible with the LGA 1366 socket, the Intel X58 chipset, and feature a TDP of 130W

Good move, I can upgrade my i7 when the 6 cores come out and keep my existing motherboard (IF they give the bios an update). Keeps people on the intel train and makes the initial cost of the MB etc not SO bad.

 

[apache_lives]

Why we all bitchin about 2 more cores (50% more cores, around that in performance gain) - MORE FRIGGIN PERFORMANCE! about time i say!

Who cares that the apps dont *currently* support multithreadig? - do you see us all with single cores still? HELL NO because things are slowly changing - for the better!

Hmmmm wonder if in the future Intel will pitch a 6 core against an 8 core AMD........ like AMD now with 3 cores vs 2 Intel's....

 

[martin0642]

its amazing how many people think adding more cores is pointless, considering that it will lower prices for everything else, and increase the overall userbase of manycore systems which in turn allows software developers to design things with that sweet spot in mind. There wont be many-core designed software in mainstream apps until manycore is mainstream.

 

[Guest]

So what if not everyone needs a hex-core? Not everyone needs a quad for that matter. A huge portion of the population could get by on a dual-core, and realistically, probably most of them could get by on a single-core Athlon 64. I do audio recording/production, and can make use of the extra cores. They obviously can't ramp up IPC or clockspeed like they used to, do you want the CPU manufacturers to hold up progress too just because the software devs are holding up progress?

 

[baracubra]

AWWW, can't w8 to get my hands on this...The other day I was rendering my 3 min awesome pizza animation in 3DS Max and it took a staggering 3 days on my Q6600 OC 3ghz running 100% all the way through..

check out the pizza at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08tsDThanK4

No programs support 4 cores ?!?!? Helooo, if you've bought anything in the last year, you'd know thats not true...

 

[Guest]

I think you all are thinking too narrowly... I've been writing software for years and all of my software can use as many cores as there are in the machine with very little syncronization issues. Accept it. Multicore computing is here to stay. It's been here in the large server space for many years. I haven't seen too many Oracle instances use a small number of cores...Oracle instances

 

[A Stoner]

more cores = more processes that you can run at the same time, even if they only use one or two cores.

 

[tenor77]

[citation][nom]yoda8232[/nom]And what program needs this?[/citation]

well not your normal user, but servers and databases or graphical designers could benefit. For your average joe 2 will be sufficient for the 5 years or so. By then quads will be the standard and maybe software companies will make multi-threading a standard.

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]LockPick[/nom]E7450We already got Six-Core.[/citation]
Indeed.. I think they are refering to the consumer market though not Xeon processors.

 

[jsloan]

i want an 8 core

 

[tayb]

You guys worried about software not utilizing multiple cores have valid arguments but that will not be the case for much longer. Universities are graduating an entire of generation of programmers who learn multi-core coding as part of their degree and it won't be long before they start impacting development. Microsoft, Intel, IBM, AMD, etc have been pourinf money into teaching developers multi-core coding. Programmers will learn to scale better with more cores and probably within 5 years be ahead of the Intel/AMD curve.

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]Tzeentch[/nom]What's the bloody point? Pointless until the majority of apps (not to mention the OS) are taking advantage of multi core systems.[/citation]
You do know that windows will, very effectively, use every core you have, right?

 

[apache_lives]

[citation][nom]blackened144[/nom]You do know that windows will, very effectively, use every core you have, right?[/citation]

Wouldnt say so much effectively but windows and every other app will use it yes, and spread out - take a look task manager's performance tab - currently im using 862 threads/61 processes - better divided by 4 (my quad core) then 2 (dual core) etc - dont say more cores wont help.

 

[Guest]

When they go to 22nm, which is slightly less than half 45nm, Intel will be able to fit an entire i7 cpu into each quadrant of the die. 16 cores, 32 threads. Maybe only 12-14 cores, with much better cache, northbridge, etc.

That's what I'm waiting for - just hope it's on 1366...

 

[OvrClkr]

you guys need to do some homework, just cause "your" game or app does not utilize 6 cores does not mean the CPU is worthless at this point in time, cini-bench/rendering/encoding time is cut in half with Gulftown, so YES there are apps/programs that utilize ALL cores... buncha trolls that have no clue as to what they are talking about...