14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this year, there was a period during which Intel was the only company that had any sort of six-core central processing unit on sale. There was only one such chip available, however, and its price of almost $1,000 didn't exactly make it accessible to anyone besides hard-core enthusiasts. Then came AMD and its merry band of much more affordable hexacores, the best of which was, and still is, the Phenom II X6 1090T. Now, reports have arisen stating that a new six-core is on its way.
Fudzilla managed to somehow uncover some details regarding the supposedly inbound chip. Apparently, it won't top the X6 1090T, which means the latter will remain the dominant figure, as far as AMD hexacores are concerned, until the end of the first quarter of 2011. On the other hand, it won't be a slouch either, since its base frequency of 2.7GHz will be able to go as high as 3.2GHz by means of the Turbo Core dynamic overclocking technology. The part bears the name of Phenom II X6 1045T.
The 1045T will be somewhat superior to the Phenom II X6 1035T, which is clocked at 2.6GHz, and its most noteworthy asset will be the TDP of only 95W. This low power draw is possible because of some 'optimizations', as Fudzilla calls them. The same report also suggests that, upon the arrival of this newcomer, the 1035T will be phased out in late Q3 2010. This, of course, is understandable, considering that said chip is 100MHz slower and less power efficient.
Unfortunately, the official launch date, the exact one, has not been uncovered as of yet, but it should be sometime during the next three months. Pricing details are also pending, though the final tag shouldn't be too different from that of the aforementioned 1035T.