Okay, so here’s the review here:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Intel-Core-i7-Processors-Nehalem-and-X58-Have-Arrived/
Once again Intel follows behind – giving more creedence to the statement “AMD works smarter, Intel works harder”. If you check out this article, it goes on and on about “advances” in the microarchitecture for the i7 processors.
Feature #1
Monolithic Quad-Core
AMD had this nailed already on their Phenom line. True monolithic quad-core design. All of the previous Intel quads were basically just two dual-cores slapped together.
Feature #2
Integrated Memory Controller
Ummm… AMD has had this since who knows when. AMD has always been superior in memory interface speeds and peripheral interface speeds.
Feature #3
Quick Path Interconnect
Basically now that they’ve done it right the inter-core and memory connects are faster. Or, to put it differently “Oooh – now that we’re doing what AMD does it’s faster!”
What’s actually cool about this thing that would warrant spending (most likely) $1000 on a CPU? They’ve used a 45nm process, which means it runs cooler and more efficient. And… drumroll… they’ve brought back HyperThreading. So now, you can have:
1. 4 really fast CPUs with HyperThreading disabled.
2. 8 really slow virtual CPUs with HyperThreading enabled.
I think I’ll save the $$.
