Intel Details Nehalem, Dunnington, Tukwila & Larrabee

Rob Williams · 03-18-2008, 03:45 AM

At a press briefing, much more was revealed about the numerous upcoming technologies from Intel. In this article, we will be taking a look at Nehalem, Dunnington, Tukwila and Larrabee, along with a look at the new QuickPath Interconnect.

You can read the full article here and discuss it here.

gml_josea · 03-18-2008, 10:11 AM

Nehalem seems interesting, maybe in 5 years I will be able to buy one.

sbrehm72255 · 03-18-2008, 11:23 AM

The furture is looking very interesting for Intel "IF" all goes as planned...............

Now if AMD could only get their collective POOP together again so we could see a little good old fashioned competition again, that would be totally awesome.

Rob Williams · 03-18-2008, 01:54 PM

Five years? Haha, it will be outdated by then! ;-)

gml_josea · 03-18-2008, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Williams

Five years? Haha, it will be outdated by then! ;-)

Of course, at this rate we will be seeing 32-core processors by 2013!
Honestly, I don't know how long this multi-core madness will go on, someday they will reach a ceiling, and I really want to know what are they going to do after.

sbrehm72255 · 03-18-2008, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by gml_josea

Of course, at this rate we will be seeing 32-core processors by 2013!
Honestly, I don't know how long this multi-core madness will go on, someday they will reach a ceiling, and I really want to know what are they going to do after.

By then everyone will have their own super computer at home that will operate completely on voice commands..................

Greg King · 03-18-2008, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbrehm72255

The furture is looking very interesting for Intel "IF" all goes as planned...............

Now if AMD could only get their collective POOP together again so we could see a little good old fashioned competition again, that would be totally awesome.

AMD is down at the moment. I am sure they are holding their cards close to their chests because they absolutely have to. I am waiting to see how their video on die turns out. Also, when they can start to ship Phenoms with more competitive clocks, then we will see competition.

Greg King · 03-18-2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gml_josea

Of course, at this rate we will be seeing 32-core processors by 2013!
Honestly, I don't know how long this multi-core madness will go on, someday they will reach a ceiling, and I really want to know what are they going to do after.

Eventually the programs we use will be able to efficiently use more than one core. How about we start there.

The future of CPUs is in parallel computing. NVIDIA is onto something with their CUDA architecture. Keep an eye on it. There is a lot of processing power in their GPUs.

sbrehm72255 · 03-18-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkSynergy

AMD is down at the moment. I am sure they are holding their cards close to their chests because they absolutely have to. I am waiting to see how their video on die turns out. Also, when they can start to ship Phenoms with more competitive clocks, then we will see competition.

They might beable to compete with the current gen CPU's with higher clocked Phenoms maybe. But unless they have some awesome hidden in their pants, they'll have one heck of a problem catching up to the Intel Nehalem when they ship later this year..................

Just my opinion though.

Rob Williams · 03-18-2008, 07:40 PM

I think many people will agree with you, sbrehm, as disappointing as it may be.

Merlin · 03-18-2008, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkSynergy

The future of CPUs is in parallel computing. NVIDIA is onto something with their CUDA architecture. Keep an eye on it. There is a lot of processing power in their GPUs.

It's been almost and year and I had forgot about it.
For the 8 series and I guess upward, a stream process to increase instruction using the C programing.
Only thing, so far it's 32 bit
It has a lot to offer so far, but still a good ways to go.
I would still buy stock in Nvidia

Merlin

Rob Williams · 03-18-2008, 09:41 PM

I am not so sure about CUDA, either. The last time I heard about it was at the announcement. Not really, but it's been pretty damn quiet.

Kougar · 03-19-2008, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkSynergy

Eventually the programs we use will be able to efficiently use more than one core. How about we start there.

The future of CPUs is in parallel computing. NVIDIA is onto something with their CUDA architecture. Keep an eye on it. There is a lot of processing power in their GPUs.

Or us users can just open up more programs to compensate for the lack of multi-threaded apps...

I am not to sure about CUDA, outside of HPC situations. Not even Stanford's Folding@home program wanted to use CUDA to program a NVIDIA port to F@H, because it was proprietary in nature. CUDA and its SDK was launched last February, and things have been pretty quiet on that front?

32-core Intel processors will seem almost normal by 2013 I would wager. Nehalem-EX is going to be a native 8-core 16-thread processor, and it will be out by early 2009. Supposed to have a Quad memory controller built in... it gets its own socket though and uses FB-DIMMs, but still imagine buying your memory in groups of four...

As it is we will soon be buying memory in packs of three anyway, because the top-end desktop Nehalem is going to have a three channel controller.

sbrehm72255 · 03-19-2008, 10:04 AM

As tech advances so does the price tag right along with it. All the different socket changes along with all the other new parts required for the new tech/build is getting just a little on the expensive side don't you think.

MakubeX · 03-19-2008, 10:20 AM

Having to buy new hardware due to socket change is a bitch, but it's still pretty exciting when there's a new CPU family in town.

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Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	I think many people will agree with you, sbrehm, as disappointing as it may be. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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