You may or may not remember this, but 40 years ago Intel released the 8086 CPU. The one that defined the x86 architecture that we all use today. It's not the kind of event that should go unnoticed, so Intel is going to make sure that everyone remembers it, by releasing a new CPU. It's not yet announced, it was leaked thanks to a few listings from various on-line retailers. It should cost around 480 euro/dollar, and will have one defining characteristic...well, two.
It's called the i7 8086K, in honor of the original x86 CPU. And it will run by default at 5GHz, again in honor of the first 8086 CPU, that ran at 5MHz. It should be a 6 core CPU, running on the Z370 motherboards, and probably the Z390 one as well. The release date will be on the 8th of June, exactly 40 years after the 8086, and it'll probably be announced next week at Computex.
5GHz out of the box is nothing to sneeze at. It will be a monster, and probably limited edition, requiring some heavy duty cooling. It won't come with a cooler by default.
Props to @stefanonsense for encouraging me to start doing this again, and to Busy for having a text editor that's not Steemit's.
Looking forward to see this monster on a Gridcoin project! This should be the first 5GHz commercial CPU in the world, isn't it?
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Unfortunately not, from the sources that I've seen the Intel i7 8086K is actually a 4.0Ghz base CPU, with a 5.0Ghz boost frequency - it's not clear if it's an all core boost, or a single core boost, but judging on how intel CPUs are currently, I think it's a single core boost.
If that is the case, the AMD FX-9590 would have been the first 5.0Ghz CPU as it had a 4.7Ghz base clock with a 5.0Ghz Boost . That said the frequency didn't save this CPU from being a terrible CPU in general, as were most of the Bulldozer/Piledriver CPUs.
Seems like we've still got to wait for a retail 5.0Ghz all-core CPU (not including custom overclocks that is).
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