LinuxHardware.org: Intel Introduces First Quad Core Processor

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"So now that you've got your shiny new dual-core processor, you think you have the most power a single processor can offer. Well Intel today has changed the rules again with the first quad-core desktop processor. The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 brings server-level processor performance to the desktop for all of your compiling, gaming, and encoding needs. What's new with this processor and how did Intel pull off this leap? Read on for all the details.

"Intel's latest creation, code-named Kentsfield, is actually not much more than an upgraded reincarnation of Intel's second generation dual-core processor which paired two single core Pentium 4 cores in one package. As seen in the image below, what Intel has done here is based on the same idea. It's easy for Intel to take two dual-core processors and attach them to one package and connect them at the northbridge..."

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