Dubbed the Core i7 980X Extreme Edition processor, the speed demon is targeted primarily at the resource-hungry gaming market and is priced at $999 (about P45,000) per unit.
The chip, for now, is targeted for the desktop market because of its thermal requirement (the product comes with a cooling fan). Local Intel officials could not say if the company would make it available on the laptop or mobile PC market. Currently, Intel’s highest-performing laptop processor is the Core i7 920XM.
Intel Philippines country manager Ricky Banaag said that the chip, codenamed “Gulftown" during its development, is also ideal for video and audio editing work and engineering design that require fast processor power.
The product is also Intel’s first chip that has a six-core processor with 12 computing threads. It is also compatible with existing Intel X58 Express chipset-based motherboards.
Running at 3.33 GHz, the chip has 12MB of Intel Smart Cache and can be overclocked to allow users to adjust their speed settings.
The new processor is the first chip to use the 32-nanometer technology in manufacturing and fabrication. Both Intel and AMD have been working on this new technology after waging a fierce battle in the 45-nanometer platform.
David Mikael Taclino
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