Posted Apr 19, 2008 at 01:17PM by Glen D. Listed in: Gadgets Tags: AMD, Windows XP, Shanghai, Barcelona, Crysis
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Just how many cores does it take for a processor to be called fast? Perhaps a couple for anyone who wishes to run Windows XP smoothly. Maybe four if you want to play Crysis at full detail. Okay, let's have eight says the PlayStation 3's Cell so that it can own the distinction of being the most advanced console of today.

AMD, however, says we should push the core envelope even more. The company intends to break new ground by the end of this year with the launch of a 12-core, 45nm processor in the form of its upcoming Shanghai chip.

Shanghai is the successor to the Barcelona series and it'll carry six cores at the onset. However, AMD says it'll have a dozen later on, adding the support of HyperTransport 3.0. It can be recalled that AMD hit a bit of a snag with HyperTransport on Barcelona, but they seem confident that all will work out this time around.

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   by Mr Toasty - 2008-04-19
 » TWELVE?

Damn! Should've waited to buy the quad core

   by whaleshark - 2008-04-20
 » Two Words

HOLY *****

   by Oracle - 2008-04-20
 » Competition is good for the consumer

It's about time AMD put some pressure back on Intel again

   by Lazyboy256 - 2008-04-20
 » DAMN?!

How much is this processor going to cost?! 12 cores for consumers is no joke!

   by nall256 - 2008-04-20
 » No big deal.

This will go nicely to complement their triple-core low end models.

6 is a lot, but Intel's Octo's will be faster later this year. The Nehalem will support hyperthreading as well. It'll be interesting if AMD will hold the crown in 2009 when the 12 cores officially launch.

And since when has the PS3 had 8 cores? 8 SPE's with one of them disabled.

   by Binary - 2008-04-26
 » w0000t

Time for some Emulators PS2, GC, XB.



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