LOL its the princing for workstation and server penryn only... wht about desktops?

Since the pricing is for workstation/server usage, so i think the price is reasonable, right?

Ya this is Xeon. ...

iirc, it's Multi Chip Module. 2 dual core die pasted onto the same package, thus the reference MCM.

I think wut he means here is, its a Server processor.

2008.

Multi-chip module aka > 1 die in a single package - not necessarily both dies are the same.
First done on the Pentium Pro (core + cache).
The XBox 360 chip Xenos is MCM (core + EDRAM), so is AMD's HD2900 GPUs (GPU + Ram).
Expect more MCMs in the near future.

Socket 775 but mobo-dependent.

2008- Funny, that's when AMD goes MCM-ing 2 45nm Barcelonas!
X360 chip MCM spec is right, but HD2900 has discrete memory.

What is the advantage of the 12MB cache? It is huge man

cache dependent application like games will benefit the large cache, maybe around 5-15% improvement. But the largest improvement on Penryn that it has fully SSE4 support which the optimized software will benefit around 100% for example DiVX.

MCM = multichip module.
I'm not quite sure what do you mean by desktop version of Penryn. Which indicates penryn is from mobile or server?
To makes things clear, read back the dailytech articles. The simplest way to understand what penryn is, its a 45nm shrink of current core 2 family. Not specifically refer to only one chip.

Hmm.. 2008. Right after nehalem?

I don't recall any mcm-ing in AMD's latest roadmap. Is it Shanghai? Bulldozer? Bobcat? Did I miss something?

This post has been edited by ruffstuff: Aug 17 2007, 05:11 AM

"K10.5" is both monolithic Shanghai, and also Montreal, MCM-ing 2 Shanghais. At 45nm and AMD's relatively better stance on each process they migrate to, it should be good.

i don think any XP users need this yet... i'll wait for Vista SP1 or 2 and no more complaints from Vista users only get... E2160 should be able to hold on wif me...

since this is a penryn thread... dun mind i ask something about c2q.... is the q6600 a real quad core? cause i read from c2dx's product brief.. it says it is running on 4 INDEPENDENT cores... whereas the c2q says 4 EXECUTION cores..

any sif00 mind explains to me?? thank u thank u very much..

This post has been edited by capiche: Sep 5 2007, 06:31 PM