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Is the Intel 5960X a native 8 core?
- Thread starter Boomstick777
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I hope you're not referring to the Pentium D.....
Caporegime
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Probably talking about Smithfield...
Final production 5960 will likely be 8 core, constructed as such.
Wafers cost money, wasting wafers by making 12 cores then disabling cores could work out pretty expensive for Intel.
Unless of course they are making 8 core CPUs from failed 12 cores... AMD do a lot of this. Basically knock out 8 core CPUs then disable or cut out cores that don't work to prop up their lower end models.
I doubt it though, because as I said, wafers cost money.
Wafers cost money, wasting wafers by making 12 cores then disabling cores could work out pretty expensive for Intel.
Unless of course they are making 8 core CPUs from failed 12 cores... AMD do a lot of this. Basically knock out 8 core CPUs then disable or cut out cores that don't work to prop up their lower end models.
I doubt it though, because as I said, wafers cost money.
Q6600.