Thread: Intel, AMD to promote six-core processors in upcoming months

The chip developers Intel as well as AMD is all prepared to disclose their six-core CPUs in the future months. As Intel is going to be the former one to promote its six-core CPUs, which are to be named as the Gulftown.

According to reports, the Gulftown microchips will be presented for sale by end of March. The foremost chip which is based on Gulftown design would be Core i7-980X, and much waited to be priced more than $1,000. On the further hand AMD will also declare its six-core CPUs which is going to be named as Thuban in May.

Almost three CPus are being based on Thuban structural design -- the Phenom II X6 1075T, 1055T as well as 1035T, all implementing a 45nm development.

The Thuban chips are which are much awaited to mark an incorporated DDR3 controller, with substantial 904 million transistors, including 3MB of L2 along with 6MB of L3 cache.

The Advance Micro Devices will also arrange to present their quad-core Phenom II X4 960T next to the six-core series. The Corporation is also setting up to disclose their well-suited 890FX (RD890) including the 890GX (RS880D) chipsets that match up with its SB850 Southbridge, a month proceeding to commencing the CPUs.