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Intel’s 3.2GHz hexacore i7-970 right away shipping
Just this once, DigiTimes has incited out to be spot on with the prognostication. The six-core Core i7-970 rumor we heard earlier this month has now transmogrified into a sell product, as well as only as betrothed, it brings most of the goodies of a high i7-980X at the moderately more affordable $899 cost point. Based upon a same 32nm Gulftown architecture as its costlier hermit, the 970 will run during 3.2GHz by default, yet as if it too will be means to holder up speeds regulating Intel’s Turbo Boost. Aside from that, you get a full of health 12MB of on-chip cache and a customary triple-channel DDR3 memory controller. UK speed freaks can order one up as well right away, obviously a little bit ahead of Intel itself making things official, so we’d suggest checking with your nearest super-CPU purveyors in box they as well have perceived a little early units of this multithreaded formula cruncher.
[Thanks, Polytonic]