Intel Launches 45nm Desktop Processors - QX9650 Leads The Way
It has been a long time in the making, but the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX9650 has finally arrived! The Intel QX9650 has been talked about for many months, so it shouldn't be anything new to you, but the embargo on the performance numbers has finally lifted. If you want to purchase one of these you'll still have to wait till the official launch date of November 12th, 2007. Intel hasn't said a word about pricing, but we are hopeful that it will launch at the same price as the Intel QX6850, which was $999.
The Intel QX9650 has a 3.0 GHz core frequency, a 12MB chunk of L2 cache, was built on the 45nm process and features a new SSE4 instruction set. Since the clock frequency hasn't changed the significant differences is the extra 4MB of cache and the fact it was done on the 45nm process. It is the world’s first 45nm, high-K metal gate lead-free desktop processor. If you are already a bit lost please feel free to go back and reference some of our previous articles on Intel's 45nm processors. It's interesting to see that Intel previewed us a 45nm Yorkfield at 3.33GHz in April of 2007 and now six months later they are releasing the same part at just 3.00GHz. That might just go to show how much overclocking potential one of these processors might have.
Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX9650 Specifications:
- 3.0 GHz, 1333 FSB, quad-core
- 45nm high-K metal gate transistor technology
- 12MB L2 cache
- SSE4 instructions
- 820M transistors
- Total Die Size - 214mm2
- LGA775 socket, 130W TDP, “C-step”
- Overspeed protection removed
- Supported by either Intel P35 or Intel X38 chipsets
- MSRP - $999
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