Intel announced the chip that was asked as the fastest chips for PCs, code-named Core i7 Extreme Edition-3960X. This processor is based on Sandy Bridge microarchitecture and are designed for high-end desktops.
These chips will target the enthusiast technologies such as gamers, who are usually happy to adopt the latest technology. Core i7-3960X works with a clock speed of 3.3GHz and can be scaled up to 3.8GHz per core was in accordance with the required performance. This chip has a 15MB cache and memory 4 channels and a variety of specifications contained in Intel’s PC chips last.
When used for video editing, with a 6-core chip is 52 percent faster than the Core i7-2600 are also made based on Sandy Bridge and targeting the enthusiast PC. Intel also said that the performance of the memory chip 114 is better.
The chip is featured with a price of USD990 and produced as many as 1,000 units. It will compete with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) which last month started shipping the chip eight-core FX-series produksiya.
Intel and AMD are both adding cores and increasing clock speeds to win the crown for the category of chip performance. Sepetember ago, AMD demonstrated the ability of an eight-core FX processor speed 8.429GHz who claimed to have broken the world record.
Llano owned AMD processors were reported to have recorded a very significant product delivery. Recorded in the June, Llano processor has sold 1 million units in July, while successfully shipped 1.3 million to 1.5 million.
These results complement AMD’s sales in the fourth quarter, sources said this success Llano processors shipped 7.5 million to 8 million processors during the period.
Currently AMD continues to hit the market by ingratiating themselves with their strong competitor, Intel. One strategy is carried out, by pushing the 40nm-based processors, C series (Ontario) and the E series (Zacate) for the entery level market.
They also issued a processor that adopts 32nm technologies are present in Llano series APUs for the middle market, and pushing the 32nm AM3 + FX series (Zambezi) a processor for high-end market in the fourth quarter.
In 2012, AMD will launch a series APU codename Krishna using 28nm process from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). This processor is targeted for mini PC, and all-in-one PC with a serial code that can replace the name Trinity Llano for the mainstream market, adopting a 32nm process from Globalfoundries. For high-end market, AMD will launch a series APU codenamed Komodo.
Intel see the tablet as a business that is appropriate to collaborate with the Atom processor as the device is identical with high performance and functionality similar to PC.
Tablet pioneer who first appeared, IPAD and Galaxy Tab, are known to still use ARM-based chips that clearly is a production of Intel‘s largest competitor, Samsung. This is automatically urged to seek the lines of Intel Atom-based tablet in 2011.
Intel chips will equip approximately 35 types of tablets from 15 leading brands. Some of the vendors in question is a Dell, Asus, Lenovo, and Toshiba.
“With the presence of factors that had previously dominated the chip smartphones, like Samsung and Qualcomm, as well as Nvidia, we realized if the mobile market will be like ‘run a marathon, not a sprint“.
In fact we hope that if this Atom-based tablets can operate in various systems, both MeeGo, Android and Windows.
Atom-based tablet with OS MeeGo will be carried Acer and WeTab. For Windows there will be two ranks of Oak Trail Atom chip that allows a PC compatible with additional devices such as printers. While Moorestown, is the first Atom that will be suitable for use in smartphones and supports a battery life long enough.
The next generation smartphone processor, called Medfield, is being studied and will be ready digelontorkan to market next year. “Mid the second year in 2011 you will see all the vendors branded smartphones equipped with the Intel chip in it “.