6-core Gaming Chip

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Weeks from now, Intel is expected to introduce a 6-core processor designed to crunch through the most 3D-intensive games.

Napoleon: Total War and alike 3-D-intensive games could be first seen this year’s Developer’s Conference a week from now. While the official Intel’s 6-core “Westmere” processors can be expected later this March.

Primarily, Core i7-980X is Intel’s first 6-core “Extreme Edition” processor based on the chipmakers cutting0edge 32 nanometer process technology. Its performance depends on how small the manufacturing process. The smaller, the more circuitry can be packed onto the chip making it better.

Core i series processors features hyper-threading. Hyper-threading can double the number of task or threads a processor can execute. This enables 6-core processor to be able to handle 12 threads. However this technology is not offered to Core 2 chips.

by: Ella May Galindez
Source:http://news.cnet.com