Images and specifications Gulftown Core i9?

In early 2010, Intels die-shrink to 32nm leads to the first available desktop processors in the Westmere generation; the Clarkdale Core i5 6xx. In the second quarter of 2010, we are to expect the high-end Gulftown chip, rumored to be called Core i9. PCGameshardware has released images and specification details of this hexacore processor.

The Gulftown would be launched exclusively as an Extreme Edition processor for Socket 1366, like the current Bloomfield Core i7 975 XE. With 6 cores and HyperThreading, the chip is capable of processing 12 threads simultaneously. The Gulftown is to sport 6x256 kB of L2 cache and 12 MB of L3 memory. It's rumored that the TDP will be specified at 130 Watt. As of yet, it's still unknown what the Gulftown's clock frequencies will be, but the multiplier won't be locked and Turbo Boost is supported as well.

The processor's integrated memorycontroller is allegedly compatible with DDR3-memory at a 1066 MHz clock frequency. The Gulftown uses Intel's QPI connection to communicate with the X58 chipset.

courtesy of pcgameshardware.de

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