Intel: six-core, 32nm chips to launch early this year

Chips have 1.17 billion transistors and 12MB of cacheIntel yesterday announced that it is preparing six-core chips for high-end desktops and servers for release in the first half of 2010.

The six-core Intel chips will be based on the company's latest Westmere architecture and deliver faster performance and more power savings compared to earlier quad-core chips, Intel said on a conference call. The chips will contain 1.17 billio... Read More