According to recent reports, citing sources at the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer, the upcoming Lynnfied processors from Intel will provide an excellent overclocking platform. These CPUs will reportedly be able to hit clock speeds of 5GHz, using air cooling solutions. Although the rumors are yet to be officially confirmed by the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker, the prospect of a 5GHz-capable CPU might just appeal to some computer enthusiasts, which could upgrade to Intel's next-generation processors due to this unique feature.

 

In a recent news-article, Tim Smalley from bit-tech cites sources near the motherboard maker in Taiwan, saying that Intel's next-generation mainstream processors, codenamed Lynnfield, will be capable of reaching impressive speeds with the help of their integrated Turbo mode. According to an Intel spokesperson, this feature alone will enable the company's upcoming processors to provide users with more than 500MHz of speed boost over the CPU's standard clock frequency.

 

Different reports indicate that Intel's Lynnfield CPUs could easily provide up to 600MHz increase in performance over the factory-set clock speeds. This would enable the much rumored high-end 3.2GHz Lynnfield processor to hit speeds of approximately 3.8GHz, which should deliver some performance increments using an air-cooling solution. Despite no official word from Intel regarding the overclocking capabilities of the upcoming Lynnfield CPUs, users might benefit more if they wait for the official unveiling of Intel's next-generation mainstream processors.

 

There have been a series of reports in recent days, regarding Intel's upcoming processor update. As it turns out, Chipzilla has been stating that the Core i5 branding is nothing more than a rumor and that its upcoming Lynnfield CPUs will be named differently. As of recently the only thing certain about these new chips is that they will boast a four-core, eight-threaded architecture and have one less memory channel than Intel's current Core i7 platform. Expected to become available by the end of this year, Lynnfield will also provide users with the aforementioned Turbo Boost feature, designed to increase the performance of the CPU.