Intel quad-core Kentsfield to be named Core 2 Quadro, expected in November
Intel is expected by the end of this month to officially name its Kentsfield quad-core desktop processor as the “Core 2 Quadro,” with the first model to be an Extreme version, the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, which will be available starting in mid-November, according to sources at leading Taiwan motherboard makers.
The QX6700, which will be clocked at 2.66 GHz, will target the high-end gaming market as well as to counter AMD’s fourth quarter introduction of its Socket-AM2 Athlon 64 FX-64 CPU (3.0 GHz core speed, 2x1MB L2 cache), the sources noted. Additionally, Intel will launch a new 65nm quad-core CPU, the Core 2 Quadro Q6600, in the first quarter of 2007, ahead of AMD’s planned launch of server-use quad-core Deerhound in 2007 and desktop quad-core Greyhound in 2008, said the sources. The Socket-775 Q6600 CPU will have a core speed of 2.4 GHz, a built-in 2x4MB L2 cache and support a 1066 MHz FSB (front side bus), plus Enhanced Intel Speedstep technology, Intel Virtualization and Execute Disable Bit functionalities, the sources indicated.
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