Intel's getting a bit early about its releases...
Intel has listed its Core i7-930 even though it is not supposed to formally make an announcement until February 28th.
Chipzilla's next quad-core CPU has appeared ahead of launch at some European online stores. The Core i7-930 is eagerly awaited. Its prototypes were called "Bloomfield" and it will probably kill off the Core i7-920 model.
The processor is built on the 45nm manufacturing process and its four cores run at 2.80GHz. It has 256KB of L2 cache memory per chip and an 8MB L3 cache. It supports Hyper-Threading and comes with eight threads in total. It also has an integrated triple channel DDR3 memory controller that will enable the CPU to be paired with large amounts of high-speed, top-tier memory.
There should be additional performance gains using Intel Turbo Boost technology, and Intel has said that the Core i7 has extra features, such as the Enhanced Halt State, Extended Stop Grant State, Deep Sleep State, Deeper Sleep State and Deep Power Down for those who think actually turning it off is a bad idea.
Intel's Core i7-930 is currently listed at the price of €254.86.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012