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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2006-07-30
This time there is a technical reason:
They moved the memory controller into the CPU for greater bandwidth, thus requiring more pins. Since the article states they're planning to integrate the GPU with the CPU you should expect the next socket change around 2010-2011.
The performance boost in their benchmarks is actually quite substantial. It remains to be seen how/if this translates into a noticeable performance boost for the average user. But I wouldn't really say it's only for gamers. More performant CPUs bring lots of advantages: faster ripping, rendering, compiling to name just a few. Hell, even Latex takes way too long once my documents get complex enough (>100 pages with lots of pictures which isn't all that complex). This is on a single core @2GHz, granted, but I don't think it's IO bound on even the latest quad systems.
Basically if something takes any noticeable amount of time it's taking too long.
Furthermore faster processors might help increase the popularity of programming languages like python and ruby.
Also, if anybody hasn't read the article yet, do yourself a favor and
use the "print" link right next to the headline.