Quad Cores: Intel Kentsfield Preview

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http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2846
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Quad cores will be out this fall

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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/09/27/intel_ship_1m_quad_core_before_amd/

Earlier today, Pat Gelsinger stated that Intel is set to ship at least one million quad-core processors before AMD manages to ship its first.

The first desktop quad-core processor - the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, based on the Kentsfield core - will be released in November. More affordable Core 2 Quad processors clocked at 2.40GHz, 2.16GHz and 1.86GHz will follow in 2007.

On the other hand, AMD doesn't plan to ship its own K8L quad-core processors until later in 2007, despite the fact that CEO Hector Ruiz has said that the company will demonstrate K8L before the end of the year. ...