Intel readies Quadro chips for November release
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted Sep 19th 2006 5:44PM
posted Sep 19th 2006 5:44PM
Our good friends in Santa Clara, California have been very busy as of late -- Intel's working on getting lasers into silicon and getting its Core 2 Duos into everything under the sun (but sometimes not). But Moore and Noyce's baby isn't stopping there, no sir: DigiTimes is reporting that Intel's first quad-core "Kentsfield" chip, the 2.66 GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6700, will be officially called the Quadro and should be available starting in mid-November. Meanwhile, Reg Hardware chimes in that while Intel is also ramping up its Merom-based Celeron M series for budget laptops, the more interesting news is that the first low-voltage Core 2 Duos will hit the streets in January 2007. According to the Reg, the next generation of low-voltage Centrino chips, the L7200 and the L7400 (code-named the "Santa Rosa"), will feature Core 2 Duos running at 1.33 GHz and 1.5 GHz, priced at $284 and $316, respectively. Speaking of low-voltage chips, we haven't decided if trying to overclock one would be an incredibly brilliant or an incredibly foolish idea -- but we'll find out soon enough.Read - DigiTimes [Photo courtesy of Tom's Hardware]
Read - Reg Hardware
Wow, it seems these days technology is advancing at record pace.
just last year was dual core and now quad core.
cant ait till 08 when i have my 16 core laser processc0r.
16 Core at '08? I'm hoping for 32 cores to be in development in 08!
AKBlade13
So maybe this is why Apple are keeping the MacBook Pros behind-- they want to kick in the Quads, first. Simple - Core 2 duo is for iMac and Macbook; Core 2 Quad is for MBP.
Pretty sweet.. my next developer machine will be running one of these.
i want 32 cores
just for the hell
i'll be 20 by the time theyve done that though ¬_¬
Can't wait for the Quadro laptops. Strange name, lots of processing power. woot!
Now how about those Quadro Macbooks? Q1 2008?
Why does Intel keep adding cores instead of focusing on real 64-bit chips for the masses? I am not a tech expert, so if someone would like to explain why it seemed we were heading in this direction and then suddenly stopped, I'd appreciate it. For example, Apple was all about the 64-bit power of the PowerPC, but with the move to Intel, this all disappeared, right?
Thanks.
@ Jon: I've not been paying close attention to the lineup, but I thought the Core were 64-bit processors? I'd think in today's day and age, 32-bit processors would get a cold shoulder. Then again, Windows is still the preferred platform of millions...
The core 2 duo is an x86_64 chip, same as the amd chips have been for awhile. It runs 64 bit and 32 bit code.
wow, what is this, a new processor every three months?
i was going to make a new comp in the beginning of the summer, but always before i get around to buying it i hear about the new intels or amds. make it a suprise.
"cant ait till 08 when i have my 16 core laser processc0r."
Your going to need it with what everyoen is saying the new iTunes 7 needs (98% CPU usage, w00t). What I am hoping for is some good support in vista for sharing CPU useage over cores based on need rather hten thread odd/even liek it does currently.
it nearly puts you off buying a new pc, as soon as you buy it it's obsolete, also it's pretty damn hard to know how to measure them nowadays! gone are the days of checking the GHZ and cache.
Now how long until Nvidia cries foul over unoriginal naming?
sorry, but i just want to get a comment to work (like the new interface, it is just a little buggy)
Man, Intel is really getting these processors out. Notebooks have just recently been getting the Core 2 Duos.
Well, at least it's out before Vista, eh?
wow I can't wait to get my hands on a quad core!
Frick! As soon as I build a Core 2 machine!
Blasted 6 week product cycle!
The rumour is that Apple will include these in their next Powerbooks due for launch before the holiday season!
:)
Awwwwwwwsome!
I remember a few years back (late 90's - early 00's) almost as soon as they hit 1Ghz it was upto 2Ghz it has been steady until now when everything has gone 64-bit, multicore crazy.
I am waiting for a dual processer - 8 core mac pro (2x 4 cores)
Sweet i cant wait!
And i wonder what AMD is planning????? Anyone have a guesss???
yeah i would definitely say apple is holding out for these....maybe even be the first to use them...
kewl i want one. :D
Stop comming out with new things so fast!
Octo will be out in December, Sexdeco will be out on January 15th, and the DuoTrigito on January 25th.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
As excited as I am with the coming of quad core processors, i'm equally sad that my new core 2 duo system is outdated. Can anyone console me by saying that the motherboard on my old comp will work with this new processor?
in case all of u r wondering about the plans of AMD, AMD is working on a new dual-core processor with 65nm from 90nm, due to come out Q4 2006. It will have a similar "blueprint" to the quad-core due to come out Q2 2007.
if u guys want to know more, check it out on wikipedia.org n type in AMD or quad-core.
actually its 45nm node, not 65, here's n article from wikipedia about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_K8L
seems cool.but let's see if it can really live up to the hype.
Core 2 Duo are 64 bit. And K8L start off as 65nm, moving on down to 45nm.
Kentsfield should work in 965/975 boards. They'll sell for $1000 Q406, probably a $500-750 version coming in Q107.
So does that mean that my old motherboard will work with this new processor? Can someone tell me what the steps are to replace such a thing as a processor? What does it need? A new power supply? WHAT????
I'm testing out if my username is correct
What kind of performance improvements will we see over the Core II Duo?
Is this the one that is coming out against 4*4 AMD?
Whens DX10 hardware coming to compliment this? ;-)
Its just a matter of time for the Core 2 MacBooks/Pros.... Or maybe they'll skip to some ultra secret non-leaked intel processor!
What I'd like to know is when improvements in cache, bus speed and memory will catch up. It doesn't make sense to have ever faster processors, and more cores, if the proc is always waiting due to bottlenecks.
Imagine a 2GHz Pentium M, but with a 2Ghz FSB, and RAM running at 2Ghz, and a video card with core memory clocked at 2Ghz. Imagine it with 2GB of ram and 2GB (yes this is the most wildly unrealistic) of L1 & L2 Cache.
*faints*
Guys relax. Your machines are not out dated.
99% of you don't need it anyway. People like myself (3D animation), who need processing power are the target for these chips.
Basically if you've been able to live without dual Xeons, you're fine.
Nice. Intel is on a roll.!
C'mon AMD, we're all waiting!!!
I think my eyes glazed over reading that paragraph.
But aren't Turions already faster? I remember my old Fujitsu running on Athlon XPM and it already had 1.5GHz. Also, my new Fujitsu with Turion only shows 753 MHz on hte Computer Properties... can someone tell me why?
Murphy's Law. Gotta love it. I'll be picking one of these babies up for myself, hopefully :).