Soleron on 15 August 2009
ssj12 said:
I can easily forecast speeds because the bloomfield sample they used is 2.4GHz and the Core i7 975 uses a bloomfield core. Also it would be really strange for Intel not have at least one of their flagship processors not be clocked over 3Ghz. |
Every time Intel or AMD have launched processors with more cores, the launch speeds have been lower than the flagship.
Pentium D launched at 3.2GHz when Pentium 4 was at 3.8GHz
Core 2 Quad launched at 2.66GHz when Core 2 Duo launched at 3.0GHz
AMD's 6-core Istanbul launched at 2.6GHz when their 4-core Shanghai was at 3.1GHz
I'll make a bet with you that the first Gulftowns will launch at 3.0GHz or under.
