 Intel is targeting high-end PC users and gamers with a new quad-core processor.The Santa Clara, Calif., company is launching its Core 2 Extreme QX6800 processor April 9, and Intel is promising that its latest quad-core offering is 65 percent faster than the older-generation dual-core X6800 processor. The QX6800, which is built using the company's 65-nanometer manufacturing process, also offers 8MB of Level 2 cache and a 1066MHz FSB (front side bus). This processor will join Intel's other Core 2 Extreme chip, the QX6700, which is clocked at 2.66GHz. The quad-core QX6800 processors cost $1,199 each. Advanced Micro Devices will wait to unveil its quad-core Opteron processor, called "Barcelona," later in 2007.  News source: CIO Insight |
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