8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX To Launch This Month 186
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."
March of the penguins (Score:4, Funny)
Ah! My dream of the day when I can boot up and see penguins taking up the entire screen is almost here.
It's obvious (Score:1, Funny)
Run a REAL operating system, like VISTA! [facebook.com]
minimum hardware required.... (Score:2, Funny)
Now we know what will be needed to run Win 8, I guess.
I better get started on my backyard fusion power plant....;-)
Re:Balance (Score:5, Funny)
Yes
When will I be able to actually buy a mother board with 8 of these 8 core CPUs
When you move out of your parents garage.
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Balance (Score:5, Funny)
Crapware (Score:2, Funny)
Now I can run all my crapware, viruses, trojans, malware, and other dubious software bits at FULL SPEED! Yay
Joy! I hope it comes with ... (Score:3, Funny)
... super cool looking white plastic mold which fits my sochet and cool looking notepad!
Re:When will Moore's Law apply to Cores? (Score:3, Funny)
Flash (Score:3, Funny)
Better than that, with a properly multi-threaded web browser we'll be able to display sixteen animated Flash ads simultaneously with no slowdown!
Somebody's gotta ask... (Score:5, Funny)
So, how soon until newegg.com has the fake ones in stock?
Re:It's obvious (Score:4, Funny)
Who is talking about servers? I'm thinking about my home machines, you know, where the client-side javascript runs...