Game in pursuit of the latest and fastest processor becomes quite boring. As most of you guys knows that processor Gulftown Core i7 980X Extreme, bench-top model, referring to the segment for enthusiasts, will be another name on the server processor market?

Intel calls this generation six-core processors simply Westmere NC, and the fastest processor for 2010 will Xeon X5680, which runs at 3.33GGts has a fairly large cache memory of 12Mb, and his six cores can handle up to twelve independent streams of data. In addition to differences in the socket, this is the same CPU as the Core i7 980X, i.e. the version of the desktop model, designed for servers.

This processor Intel supports DDR3 memory with 800MHz, 1066MHz and 1333MHz, and supports Intel Turbo Boost. Very interesting to see what Intel now believes that the acceleration controller is normal, even for servers. Power consumption is 130W, there is nothing new, since such power is normal for high-performance processors Intel, at least for the products of this kind.

As we have already mentioned, this segment will not be replaced by the decisions of the Sandy Bridge in the first quarter of 2011, as at this time will be issued only to dual-core and quad-core Sandy Bridge. It is safe to say that Intel is currently working hard on the new 32nm next-generation architecture for server processors, which will have more than four cores, but has reliable information on this.