Intel's 8 Core desktop

[Siskods9]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/01/09/ces2007_intel_eight_core/

[DasFox]

8 hehe, hey give it another 10 years, it should be very interesting. ;)

[AthlonXP1800]

10 years? No thank, I will have 5 years with AMD's 16 cores by 2012. (nana2)

http://www.theinq.com/default.aspx?article=36767

[Dazz]

It didn't take long to go from 2 to four.

[shabby]

This is worse then 4x4, at least you can use regular ram on the amd system, here you need fb-dimms.
I wonder what this server board will cost.

[ViN86]

This is worse then 4x4, at least you can use regular ram on the amd system, here you need fb-dimms.
I wonder what this server board will cost.
if you have to ask, you cant afford it ;)

[Rakeesh]

It didn't take long to go from 2 to four.

They could go four to twelve in 3 months if they wanted to, its just not practical at all. I mean think about it, what desktop application out there makes heavy usage of 12 simultaneous threads?

[Uberpwnage]

Is Intel aiming this at enthusiasts/gamers? The FB-Dimms dont look attractive at all. However the 8800GTX and the advertised 3Dmark CPU score seem to say otherwise. Or is this just a "cuz we can" type thing against AMD?

[TG01]

Apparantly Intel can't and AMD will be gaming King when Barcelona comes out..
(well according to inq that is..)

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36941