http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/ Engadget Comments for Leaked Intel Core i9 chip makes its way to eBay? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
8D]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
bet he's never heard of Ferrari where he comes from... down in the heart of America. Right around Nowheresville, USA.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/No. They are just rich. Like my COO, dude get a new laptop/computer every 6 months. He just sell his old one. ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
Not just about speed. An F-350 can do some pretty heavy lifting relative to the Metro AND the Ferrari.]]>Dec 4th 2009 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-6-Core-Xeon-Westmere-2-4GHZ-LGA1366-CPU_W0QQitemZ150394036622QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCPUs?hash=item23042ee18e]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
I dunno. A used chip with no warranty for 20% more than a new CPU still sounds like a hefty premium to me.]]>Dec 4th 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 4th 2009 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
They're just so fast!]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Yeah... im trying to figure out why core i7 prices haven't really dropped at all in the past 12 months :-/ thats just not right....]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/I assume it would indeed be hyper threading. A typical i5 or i7 quad core shows as an 8-core because each individual processor core bears 2 threads. These Nehalem architecture processors would support more threads per processor (4). I'm unsure, but a i9 might support 4 threads per core (6x4=24)]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
Problem is for either of those descriptions: assuming that CPU-Z screencap is on the same system (which you would expect) then there's only one proc (notice how the proc selection in the lower left is greyed out) and it verifies that there are only 12 threads (2 per core).

Also, hyperthreading would only support two as it is merely turning the reset clock into a reverse-computation clock.]]>Dec 4th 2009 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://digg.com/hardware/Leaked_Intel_Core_i9_chip_makes_its_way_to_eBay]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/11/29/do-you-want-to-buy-an-intels-32nm-sexa-core-cpu-today.aspx

Sorry, but THG was not the original source.

Theo
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http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/brightsideofnews.com]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
I'd be one of the first to suggest that Demerjian's a useless douche bag, but are you really going to complain about lack of attribution? Really?]]>Dec 4th 2009 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
Almost certainly not a fake. I have personally seen and used Intel CPUs (specifically Nehalem-based Xeons) 6+ months before they were released. Pretty much any OEM of any consequence gets their hands on ES (engineering sample) Intel CPUs way early, and they look just like the photo.

Note that "any OEM" includes motherboard manufacturers, many system integrators (not just HP and Dell), software vendors like Microsoft/RedHat/VMWare, and a lot of other people.

Basically, there are a lot of these things floating around, so there's no reason to believe that this is a fake.]]>Dec 4th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Absolutely right. I have personally seen and used ES Intel CPUs (Nehalem-based DP Xeons) 6 months before the CPU was actually released. There are a LOT of ES Intel CPUs (large companies like motherboard manufacturers have hundreds or thousands), they look exactly like this ("Intel Confidential"), and a surprising range of companies get them.

There are two things you need to know about ES Intel CPUs:
- NEVER sell one if you have one (or even release benchmarks). Intel tracks these things pretty well, and your employer knows that they risk not getting ES CPUs if they let them leak out.
- NEVER buy one if you're offered one. ES CPUs are usually buggy as hell, with performance issues and glitches.

The bottom line is, you don't want this, and the seller is going to get screwed.]]>Dec 4th 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
It's actually pretty good value for the money.

Setting aside the risk factor, a 2.4Ghz multiprocessor capable 6-core Xeon should be costing you about 700-1500USD, depending on how aggressive Intel wants to sell these.

The cheaper single-socket Core i_(9) chips should not even start selling at this frequency, and I guess will debut at ~3Ghz at 500USD.]]>Dec 4th 2009 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 3rd 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
Not really news worthy. ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Dec 4th 2009 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/Yeah the corporate lawyers write up the NDA's to released clients and prospects to protect little ole me. When I sign NDA's or get them drafted for my RIA concepts, the last person being protected is the end-user. It's to protect the Parties involved to any party from stealing, reverse-engineering, or otherwise malicious activity that would harm the company/firm etc. The last thing being protected are the consumers.]]>Dec 4th 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/leaked-intel-core-i9-chip-makes-its-way-to-ebay/
quit whining about the price. its not bad for a server proc.]]>Dec 4th 2009 2:19AM