Intel 'Ivy Bridge' chip lineup outed--report | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News: "Ivy Bridge, for the uninitiated, is Intel's next-generation processor technology that will feature improved graphics silicon, built-in support for USB 3.0, and Intel's 3D transistor technology, among others goodies.
Here's what CPU World says about the new chips due to be announced in the CES 2012 timeframe: "The third generation Core i7 processors will integrate 4 CPU cores, 8 MB L3 cache and have Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost technologies enabled."
(Translation: Hyper-Threading, roughly speaking, acts like a virtual processor core. So, a four-core chip would have an extra four virtual cores, for a total of eight. Intel describes Hyper-Threading as "enabling multiple threads to run on each core." Turbo Boost speeds up or slows down individual cores to meet performance or power efficiency needs, respectively.)"
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