Intel intros octo-core Nehalem EX

Robert Hallock (Thrax)

May 27, 2009 12:14 PM ET in News, , , , , , ,

intelBoasting eight cores and support for four sockets, Intel has officially unveiled the Nehalem EX a day behind the predicted date.

For more information about the Beckton core at the heart of the Nehalem EX, you’re invited to explore Icrontic’s “What We Know About Nehalem” feature and the “8 Core Nehalem Xeon Tips Up” preview piece.

1 Comment:

  1. I was thinking about the little Beowulf cluster with 18 single-core CPUs in 9 nodes we had built 6 years ago. It is aging fast now and motherboards started to fail one by one. Replacing the cluster with these 8-core Nehalems, we will have 32 cores in one node using a single quad-socket motherboard. The best of all, there will be only one Linux running for all that power. Maybe we can install a ping-pong table in the server room when we get rid of the 42U cabinet

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