http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/ Engadget Comments for Intel's 6-core Dunnington CPU coming this year, Nehalem gets official http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
AMD's approach is to only ever put out a "proper" solution. This has advantages and disadvantages. The big disadvantage is cost. They're building one single die that is double the size. This double their failure rate; they're twice as likely to produce a bad die because there is twice as much surface area. The advantage, however, is that it's a more efficient solution, using less power (and producing less heat).

Intel's approach has the advantage of cost. The dual-core dies are produced separately and working ones are glued together. Their yields are the same as before, and they waste less silicon. It's especially easier to produce higher performing parts, something AMD has had serious issues with when it comes to the Phenom (and their only-true-multicore approach is probably part of the problem). So Intel can push their parts faster (and cheaper) due to better yields. They can also get their parts out far sooner, as much less R&D is required for the initial product. The disadvantage is that they're less efficient, producing more heat and drawing more power.

Anybody who simply dismisses Intel's approach just because they're gluing two dies together obviously hasn't evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. I, for one, prefer Intel's approach; at the moment, it's producing faster cheaper chips sooner at the expense of heat/power, which eventually gets corrected.]]>Mar 18th 2008 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
I would have no use for a 6 core CPU therefore I don't want one. (If someone offered to give one free to me I would only want it to sell it to someone else).]]>Mar 18th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
...I wan't one! (or two)]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
I'm using an Athlon 650. (that's SLOT A for all you young uns out there)]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Google, Microsoft, ... All are welcome!!!]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
... Huh?]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Please expand :)]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Can't remember what it's called, but it's essentially the same thing. A really ,really fast bus for everything.]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
sweet. :)]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
And I was all about to buy a Core2Quad.]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Remember to buy a bib while you're at it as well. Drooling is bad.]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/18/intel_sse_4_text_tweaks/]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
That is the funniest thing i have read today. thanks for the chuckle]]>Mar 18th 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
So now it's the turn of the programmers to improve algorithms and make use of what is available. Quite a turnaround since it always used to be the chip manufactures who were playing catch up.]]>Mar 18th 2008 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Yes, and the cores seem to be color-coded :)]]>Mar 18th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Damn you Intel!!!]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Also, wanting always the latest things is useless, you'd had to upgrade every 2 weeks.]]>Mar 21st 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
There are not even quad threaded applications yet, sans Flight Simulator 10, and the usefulness of quad threading for games is not fully explored yet. And they want to push out 6 core processors?

This is just a way to get consumers to waste their money. I hope at least retailers are kind and tell consumers the truth but I doubt it.

Also, adding more cores actually makes each individual core less efficient and less capable. Right now, thats not really an issue, but the effect builds as you add more cores, so eventually it could get to the point where adding more cores actually lowers the performance. Not to mention, this is just drawing more and more power....]]>Mar 18th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Lets see: Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Se..]]>Mar 19th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
To me it seems AMD is more focused on the GPU market then trying to compete with Intel, at least during this Quarter. If AMD follows the same plan as the "ATI department" we should see something completely out of the blue from them in the next 3 months that no one knew about until a week before the release date.]]>Mar 19th 2008 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/keep stuffinggg
till the end of year we will have about 16 core CPU :D]]>Mar 19th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/
Until we can significantly change our programming mindset away from a serial mindset, or companies like RapidMind are able to save us, then these processors will be severely under-utilized. (http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/Riding%20The%20Multi-core%20Revolution.html)]]>Mar 20th 2008 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/intels-6-core-dunnington-coming-in-2008-nehalem-official/Mar 18th 2008 9:55AM