Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Nov 2008 11:14 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
APCMag has tested Intel's latest Core i7 processor architecture that does away with the Front Side Bus and replaces it with the company's QuickPath Interconnect and has (back from the dead) hyperthreading. "This month, Intel moves on from the Core microarchitecture to the next generation of processors for mobile, desktop and servers, codenamed Nehalem and officially named the Core i7 family. We've spent a few weeks with Intel's test kit for the new desktop part, codenamed Bloomfield, as well as the new compatible motherboard chipset the X58 Express, codenamed Tylersburg."
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2008-05-26
Well, the new processor also has a memory controller onboard; they need extra pins for that because you DON'T want all memory accesses to have to go through the CPU core. Apple tried that on one of their computers years ago and it severely hampered performance.