Intel sheds more light on Nehalem - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 17th Jun 2008, 12:14

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06...t-on-nehalem/1

Intel announces some more details on Nehalem at the VLSI Symposia 2008 conference that should whet your appetite ahead of the fourth quarter release schedule.

Timmy_the_tortoise · 17th Jun 2008, 12:25

Core 2 should suit me for the next 2+ years, to be honest. Unless I need 8 or more threads (for whatever ridiculous programme I might be running), I see no need for Nehalem yet.

liratheal · 17th Jun 2008, 12:26

How would server hardware deal with the Duty Cycle stuff?

I mean, I like the idea of the CPU not flat out dying, but how would that impact high-stress always on situations?

Would RMA warranties and the like be altered to deal with the server market, or would there be an entirely different Duty Cycle for the application of these in server environments?

bowman · 17th Jun 2008, 12:30

More hippie crap to shut down in the BIOS. They can keep all this energy saving malookey for themselves, it just adds another variable to the mix, one I can do fine without.

I don't even have a Core 2 now so I'll be grabbing one of these.

yakyb · 17th Jun 2008, 13:24

i'll aim for one of these for april next year (bonus time!!!) along with a new gpu hopefully

cant wait to fire up 8 cores when video encoding

HugoB · 17th Jun 2008, 13:39

Hi I'm <so and so> from <such and such a company> and I'd like to ask a question of no real importance the answer to which I don't really want to know but which will make me sound really smart...

Some really interesting stuff in the VLSI papers it has to be said.

amacieli · 17th Jun 2008, 15:27

why get 8 cores when you can video encode faster with a gtx 280/260?

B3CK · 18th Jun 2008, 03:08

What's with all this "jitter reduction here, jitter reduction there" business?

As to the "the Duty Cycle adapts to transistor variation and lifetime stress " I just hope this doesn't turn out to be a way Intel can say, well, your brand new $400.00 chip is still working at 96% capacity and our return service only kicks in at 94% or below.
I would just hound intel to everyone I know if something like that happened. On the other hand, it should allow the chip to still plug away after years of power outages, and the never ending supply of Microsoft hard reboots due to driver non-interaction.

17th Jun 2008, 12:14	#1
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bowman Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 249	More hippie crap to shut down in the BIOS. They can keep all this energy saving malookey for themselves, it just adds another variable to the mix, one I can do fine without. I don't even have a Core 2 now so I'll be grabbing one of these.

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18th Jun 2008, 03:08	#8
B3CK Supermodder Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 355	What's with all this "jitter reduction here, jitter reduction there" business? As to the "the Duty Cycle adapts to transistor variation and lifetime stress " I just hope this doesn't turn out to be a way Intel can say, well, your brand new $400.00 chip is still working at 96% capacity and our return service only kicks in at 94% or below. I would just hound intel to everyone I know if something like that happened. On the other hand, it should allow the chip to still plug away after years of power outages, and the never ending supply of Microsoft hard reboots due to driver non-interaction. __________________ "God loves stupid people, that is why he made so many of them." My best friend at M$ Tech support.