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Intel Discontinues Core i7-970 Six-Core Processor

Even though there is still some time left until Intel replaces its current six-core processors with chips based on the new Sandy Bridge-E architecture, the company has just announced that it will discontinue the Core i7-970 CPU. Both the tray and boxed versions of the processor are affected by this change, but Int...

7 July 2011
06:11 GMT

Intel Sandy Bridge-E Processors Won't Be Clocked Higher than Current Gulftown CPUs

Intel's next-generation high-performance desktop processors based on the Sandy Bridge-E architecture won't be clocked higher than the company's current Core i7 Extreme Edition CPUs, according to a report that has recently hit the Web. This news comes to confirm the information we received a while ag...

10 May 2011
02:43 GMT

New Intel Core i7-990X Six-Core CPU Listed in Europe

It appears that, while the majority of news involving Intel is of the Sandy bridge CPU lineup, the company is not yet done with a certain other type of CPU, the Gulftown to be more precise, as proven by alleged listings.Some time ago, Intel was the first company to release a consumer-oriented central processing unit...

1 February 2011
08:45 GMT

Shuttle's J3 Mini PC Boasts Intel's Gulftown and GeForce GTX 480

Even though most PC enthusiasts like their desktop chassis large and colorful, with as many silent fans and LEDs as possible, there are those who prefer more compact cases, as long as no impact is made on performance. Such consumers may even consider buying a PC with a smaller form factor that would go unnoticed, esp...

30 April 2010
04:55 GMT

Intel's Six-Core Core i7 980X Gulftown Sold Out

Intel's six-core central processing unit known as the Core i7 980X was not launched a long time ago and, of course, Intel was careful not to make too many such chips. Given that it is aimed at enthusiasts, it makes sense to think that not many users will afford it, especially considering that the economy is sti...

20 March 2010
06:38 GMT

Intel Sells over 100,000 Six-Core Chips

Any uncertainty regarding the availability of Intel's six-core microprocessors can now be considered obsolete if the most recent reports concerning shipments of Xeon and Gulftown chips prove accurate. The Santa Clara chip giant's consumer-oriented hexacore processor was reviewed just days ago and the Xeon 5...

17 March 2010
10:37 GMT

Intel's Gulftown Is Inside Even More Gaming Rigs

Since Intel's six-core Gulftown processor is now the most powerful central processing unit on the consumer market, it is hardly surprising to hear that so many gaming rigs support it so soon after it was reviewed. In fact, companies like Origin, CyberPower and Maingear have already taken the chip in and set it u...

17 March 2010
07:57 GMT

Maingear's SHIFT Gets the Six-Core Treatment

Intel's latest high-end consumer processor, the Core i7 980X, also known as the six-core Gulftown central processing unit, was reviewed just a few days ago but PC makers are already hard at work advertising their various product offers that include or are somehow related to the new chip. Of course, this is quite...

16 March 2010
11:41 GMT

CyberPower Gaming Rigs Get Six Cores

As expected, the Intel Core i7 980X central processing unit, otherwise known as the six-core Gulftown CPU, has made its debut in force, having been reviewed by a rather significant number of websites. Considering that this chip was one of the most highly anticipated products of this quarter, matched, perhaps, only by...

16 March 2010
11:14 GMT

Origin Brings Forth Six-Core Gulftown Gaming Rig

No doubt performance enthusiasts are already plotting, scheming and dreaming devious plans for the acquisition and use of Intel's first consumer-oriented six-core central processor, the Intel Core i7-980X. Having already been reviewed by several websites, the Gulftown is set to enable new levels of performance a...

15 March 2010
07:55 GMT

Intel's 6-Core Gulftown Core i7 980X Reviewed

Following a series of rumors that have been making the rounds on the Internet for a while now, it appears that Intel's much-anticipated 6-core Gulftown processor. Designed for the enthusiast market, the new Core i7 CPU will be part of the company's 32nm-based line of processors. On that note, reviews of the...

11 March 2010
07:00 GMT

Intel's Six-Core Core i7-980X Gulftown Gets Listed

The fact that Intel plans to release its Core i7-980X central processing unit in March has not been a mystery for quite a while. Current rumors suggest that the processor will be launched around the middle of next month. This CPU will be based on the Nehalem architecture and will be followed by two others, namely the...

25 February 2010
02:34 GMT

Intel's 'Gulftown' Processors Coming in March

As technology goes, consumers will see the introduction of new computer processors featuring an increased number of cores. While today's high-end CPUs are featured with a maximum of four cores (for the consumer market), future processors will enable end-users to take advantage of the performance of six cores. Bo...

10 February 2010
05:21 GMT

i7-Powered Mac Pro Launching This Month (Report)

People close to both Apple and tech-site HardMac have leaked information regarding the possible upgrade of Apple’s Mac Pro workstation in the coming weeks. The new 32-nanometer Gulftown chips would have 12MB of L3 cache, and six cores with 12 threads for each CPU. Historically, Apple has been the first to recei...

2 February 2010
09:57 GMT

Six-Core Intel Core i7 980X to Be Launched in March

Event though the central processing unit Core i7 980X was initially set for launch during 2010's second quarter, Intel seems to have revised its roadmap and is now planning to formally launch the six-core earlier than planned. The processor, also known as the Gulftown, will work with the LGA 1366 socket and will...

14 December 2009
03:47 GMT

ASUS Motherboards Support Intel Hexa-Core Gulftown Processor

DirectX 11 graphics are already on their way to becoming mainstream, with even notebooks beginning to integrate such capabilities, and the Arrandale and Clarkdale processors have already seen more than a little attention. Still, even though most end-users aren't exactly preoccupied with what will come after the ...

11 December 2009
06:48 GMT

Next Mac Pro Getting Intel’s 6-Core Xeon Gulftown (Rumor)

A tech-based Polish website has published a test of the Intel Xeon Gulftown CPU a bit too early, according to Hardmac, which cites its own sources as saying that the 6-core, 32 nm processor is to be employed by future Mac Pros. The Polish website PCLab released a test of the Intel Xeon Gulftown, a future CPU sporti...

30 November 2009
04:20 GMT

Core i9 'Gulftown' Processor Reviewed Early

Intel's Core i7 family of processor is currently the chip maker's highest-performing line of central processing units. These chips are designed on a 45nm manufacturing technology and are based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. While being capable of achieving impressive results in all of today's bench...

24 November 2009
06:27 GMT

Rumor Mill: Intel's 6-Core Gulftown CPUs Pose for the Camera

Aside from the first line of Lynnfield-based processors, which are due out later this year, Intel, the world's leading vendor of computer chips, is also expected to announce its first line of 6-core processors, designed for the consumer market. Codenamed Gulftown, the upcoming pieces are expected to be launched ...

3 August 2009
06:04 GMT


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