Intel Haswell Comes with 14 Cores and 35 MB L3 Cache - Polidicks

[QUOTE][QUOTE][IMG]http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Intel-Haswell-Comes-with-14-Cores-and-35-MB-L3-Cache-3.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] [TABLE="width: 400"] [TR] [TD][B]Intel’s next-generation processor and the whole Haswell-EP platform is likely to be the biggest jump in performance since the 2006 introduction of Core 2 Duo. The Haswell processor itself will be considerably more advanced than Ivy Bridge, while bringing new innovative features and raw computing power.[/B] The Haswell processor will still be manufactured in 22 nm process, which confirms the fact that Intel is not going to reach 14 nm processor manufacturing during the next year. Intel’s new platform will most likely be the first DDR4 personal computing platform available on a large scale. The fastest DDR4 memory modules supported will be running at a modest 2133 MHz. We’re calling 2133 MHz modest because many memory manufactures have announced weeks – if not months – ago DDR3 modules certified to work at 3 GHz using overclocking settings. The company has always been conservative about the memory frequencies supported by its chipsets, so the Haswell-EP platforms will be no different this time. Intel’s slide, published by [URL="http://www.chiphell.com/"]ChipHell[/URL], clearly shows that the processor is supposed to have 10 or more processing cores. Moreover, if we take a look at the level 3 cache allocation, we’ll see that the chart also says that there will be roughly a 2.5 MB level 3 cache slice allocated to each core. Considering that there will be a total of 35 MB of level 3 cache, this amounts to about 14 cores, and that’s an impressive number in itself. AMD originally had 10-core processor plans for 2013, but those were scrapped once new management came in place. Sure, the small, fabless CPU designer can stick together two dies with 8 cores each, but that's a totally different approach when compared with Intel’s 35 MB shared level 3 cache. HyperThreading technology will still be around and Haswell will also come with HNI or Haswell New Instructions. That is an Intel AVX 2.0 set of instructions that the company will design inside its new processor. [QUOTE][tab]Source: [/tab][B][URL="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Comes-with-14-Cores-and-35-MB-L3-Cache-278198.shtml"]Softpedia[/URL][/B][/QUOTE][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE] Good news everyone!

Awesome, I was underwhelmed by Sandy and Ivy Bridge and didn't bother to upgrade. Looks like it paid off to wait

Going to be expensive as [i]fuck[/i] though. Not to mention it'd be bottlenecked by everything else down to about half of what you payed for.

I would like one.

[QUOTE=cccritical;36550139]Not to mention it'd be bottlenecked by everything else down to about half of what you payed for.[/QUOTE] That's the case with CPU's anyway. Most people ignore HD performance and get a regular SATA2/3 7.2krpm. Throw an SSD, decent CPU and decent graphics card in (with even 1333mhz RAM) and you won't bottleneck anywhere unless you're doing extremely intensive stuff. [editline].[/editline] IOPS is the largest hindrance a system can have.

I still have an Intel Bloomfield :suicide:

I honestly don't think a gamer would need 14 cores unless he/she is rendering videos, 3D works or something that demands a A LOT of power.

good thing i decided not to get ivy (my current machine still plays games just fine so whatever) i want to see what these things can do

It's probably a good thing I never upgraded from my i5-760. Maybe I'll have to give in to temptation now.

Maybe this can run rigs of rods at 30 fps.

Q9xxx Master race!

[QUOTE=Sodisna;36550324]I honestly don't think a gamer would need 14 cores unless he/she is rendering videos, 3D works or something that demands a A LOT of power.[/QUOTE]That's what they said about dual cores and 512MB ram too and look where we are now.

And I literally just got an Ivy bridge.

Anyone else notice the DDR4 notation?

I don't care how many limbs this is gonna cost me, I am buying this!

[QUOTE=Sodisna;36550324]I honestly don't think a gamer would need 14 cores unless he/she is rendering videos, 3D works or something that demands a A LOT of power.[/QUOTE]Not to mention a lot of games are shite at utilising multiple cores. That having been said, this does pave the way for future games to have much more complex AI interactions, or simply much vaster scale. [editline]29th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Da_Maniac_;36550607]And I literally just got an Ivy bridge.[/QUOTE]Well these are going to cost a shitload when they come out, so you'd have to wait quite a while for them to reach current Ivy Bridge prices.

Take my money.

[QUOTE=MightyMax;36550517]Maybe this can run rigs of rods at 30 fps.[/QUOTE] But Rig of Rods doesn't have multi-core support, does it?

35MB? 14 Cores/28 Threads? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY POWER OF 2 NUMBERS?!

This comic seems fitting. [img]http://analyticd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/COREZ.jpg[/img] Just with Intel. Anyhow, I'm excited for this. Sandy Bridge (and Ivy Bridge to some extent) impressed me very much, so if we'll see an even larger performance jump, count me in. I doubt that any consumer version will have more than 8 cores, though and 35MB cache is both pretty expensive and pretty extreme compared to what is used in Sandy and Ivy Bridge.

[QUOTE=Forumaster;36550822]35MB? 14 Cores/28 Threads? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY POWER OF 2 NUMBERS?![/QUOTE] FUCK YOUR POWER OF 2 NUMBERS. INTEL IS BEING NONCONFORMIST.

technology never stands still

[QUOTE=marcus5;36550873]technology never stands still[/QUOTE] Science advances technology and technology advances science, it will never end!

i7 920 master race :P Maybe it will be time to upgrade when these come out

I bought a 2600k last year (I had a Phenom II before). Still, I will have to wait several years before I can actually afford it. Still, I won't need to upgrade this PC for a few years. [editline]29th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Forumaster;36550822]35MB? 14 Cores/28 Threads? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY POWER OF 2 NUMBERS?![/QUOTE] I guess it had to end at some point. (I doubt they would jump from 128 core to 256 core processors.)

We've had 1,3,6 and 12 cores for a long time - who said "to the power of 2" ever had relevance when talking number of cores?

I bet you could do some crazy big RealFlow simulations with that.

[QUOTE=Xyrec;36550302]I still have an Intel Bloomfield :suicide:[/QUOTE] Not a bad thing, they're still great processors and I've never felt I've needed to upgrade yet :>

You have to get a new motherboard LOLS!

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;36551179]We've had 1,3,6 and 12 cores for a long time - who said "to the power of 2" ever had relevance when talking number of cores?[/QUOTE] 3 cores are quad cores with a core disabled because it was not sufficient. Same with all other non-power of 2 processors I think.