AS CHARLIE MENTIONED here, quad-core will debut in November as the gamer's choice under the name Core 2 Quad Extreme, or QX6700 in short. As you can figure out, the 6700 moniker tells you that the clock speed of the processor is set at 2.66 GHz using the very same FSB speed other Cores use - 266.7 MHz in QuadDataRate, or 1.06 GHz.
After several months of Kentsfield living in 130W thermal envelope, Intel will introduce improved, lower-wattage versions known as Clovertown. In its desktop variation, it will debut as Q6600, followed by slower speedgrades: Q6300 and Q6400. The Q6600 will work at 2.4 GHz, while Q6300 will be clocked at 1.86 GHz and Q6400 will work at 2.13 GHz. Nothing earth-shattering here, more or less we're talking about same line-up as current Conroe, just with another Conroe core sitting in the same socket.
Clovertown will be placed in two power envelopes: 80 and 50 Watt, debuting as Core 2 Quad and Xeon 5300 series. The 80W will be used for desktop and workstation/server market, while 50 Watt mark is reserved for a Xeon L5301, clocked at 1.61 GHz. So, for the first four months of QuadCore, we're talking about cherry-picked chips that are specc'ed at above 120Watts, and when core matures and gets in 80W mark - it will become massively available.
Clovertown will be available in four different models, Xeon E5310 (1.6 GHz), E5320 (1.86 GHz), E5345 (2.33 GHz) and E5355 (2.66 GHz). The FSB is not the 1.33 GHz as you know in Xeons of today, but rather Contreauish 1.06 GHz.
As far as the mobile world goes, well - expect Dell XPS, Rock, Falcon NW and VoodooPC carrying Core 2 Quads - once the heat dissipation gets down to more notebook friendly thermal envelope. µ
After several months of Kentsfield living in 130W thermal envelope, Intel will introduce improved, lower-wattage versions known as Clovertown. In its desktop variation, it will debut as Q6600, followed by slower speedgrades: Q6300 and Q6400. The Q6600 will work at 2.4 GHz, while Q6300 will be clocked at 1.86 GHz and Q6400 will work at 2.13 GHz. Nothing earth-shattering here, more or less we're talking about same line-up as current Conroe, just with another Conroe core sitting in the same socket.
Clovertown will be placed in two power envelopes: 80 and 50 Watt, debuting as Core 2 Quad and Xeon 5300 series. The 80W will be used for desktop and workstation/server market, while 50 Watt mark is reserved for a Xeon L5301, clocked at 1.61 GHz. So, for the first four months of QuadCore, we're talking about cherry-picked chips that are specc'ed at above 120Watts, and when core matures and gets in 80W mark - it will become massively available.
Clovertown will be available in four different models, Xeon E5310 (1.6 GHz), E5320 (1.86 GHz), E5345 (2.33 GHz) and E5355 (2.66 GHz). The FSB is not the 1.33 GHz as you know in Xeons of today, but rather Contreauish 1.06 GHz.
As far as the mobile world goes, well - expect Dell XPS, Rock, Falcon NW and VoodooPC carrying Core 2 Quads - once the heat dissipation gets down to more notebook friendly thermal envelope. µ