Intel's been busy in the realm of multi-core processors lately, first unveiling their quad-core replacement for the Itanium Montecito, named Tukwila, and today -- taking a page out of MC "2 Legit 2 Quit" Hammer's book -- renaming the next-gen
mobile Merom and desktop Conroe dual-core chips "Core 2 Duo." What's more, the company announced that another version of the processor will be released for performance junkies, called, not surprisingly, "Core 2 Extreme." As for Tukwila, the deets on this server-targeted chip came to light thanks thanks to a little digging by Real World Technologies, who found a set of slides that Intel recently presented on the topic at a conference in Asia. According to RWT, Tukwila will run at an estimated 40 gigaflops, sport 6MB of L3 cache for each core, and feature other additions that IT-types will likely be into, including an on-die FB-DIMM memory controller and Common Systems Interconnect (CSI) router. First called "Tanglewood" and scheduled for a 2007 rollout, Tukwila will now be released in 2008 and go head-to-head with other enterprise offerings from Intel and Sun, probably making it an exciting year for those aforementioned IT-types.
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posted May 7th 2006 7:01PM
Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue... Core-two-duo... uhm ok.
A rose by any other name...
Isn't it 4x 6Mb of Level 2 cache and not Level 3?
Wow, I thought Wii was bad but "Core 2 Duo"? WTF???
Anyone from Seattle knows that the funnier part of this naming scheme is to name a chip "Tukwila." Southcenter represent, what.
why not core duo duo?
Why not just call it "Core Duo Duo" - it's already a retard name, at least it rolls off like a starterer having a fit
Mad respect to Intel for representing the Seattle suburbs. Tukwila woot woot
Inserting sarcasm...in T-5,4,3,2,1.....
It's not more powerful than the PS3's Cell Technology which has the ability to destroy planets at 4.6 GHZ. And shoot Killer Blu-Rays at speeds faster than light.
Why not call it the Intel Compton. Now that's representing.
What's next? Bothel? Puyallup?
Okay, Intel. Get this. It'll blow your marketing department out of the water.
Hexium.
Pentium was named Pentium because it was based on the i586 architecture (the five = "pent~"). And for some reason Intel didn't change it when they went to i686. But now, since intel wants so badly to get rid of the Pentium moniker, I propose Hexium. Even "Septium," if they decide that Conroe/Merom are worthy of a new architecture name.
I agree, tukwila is the funniest name i've ever heard. For non Washingtonians, Tukwila is a crappy town too far away from downtown Seattle, where houses are really cheap.
I believe it's actually named after Len Tukwila, the famed driftwood sculptor: "First I sand the wood until it is smooth, then I oil it until it is dark. It's usually a bird or a whale or a knotted, twisty shape." And then he adds googly eyes.
"Hexium" is a non-starter because "hex" will make the fundies scream about devil worship. The alternative term, of course, would be "Sexium", but that's not much better. :-)
This already is making the Intel Core Duo sound like old tecnology.
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Haha! I used to live in Tukwila, crappiest town evar!!!
Inline with the Washington Subs; I guess the Conroe chip has been missplelled this whole time..it was supposed to be the Monroe.....
So any idea on how soon are these going to show up in the iMac's??? Mac Desktops?
ooo with a core 2 duo processor i could play a top of the line game smoothly
and
while burning a cd
and
listening to music
and
do some other stuff
all at the same time!
lol
TC, it says L3, and then below L2.. hm
Mad props to my homies in downtown Adelaide...
"2 legit, 2 legit to quit"...
Wow, with such great places like Dosewallips, Tulalip, Sequim (pronounced Skwim), they chose Tukwila? Or if they really needed a pit to name something after - Federal Way (yup, lived there for 5 years).