Intel launches the Core i7 960 on the ashes of 965

It is in the utmost discretion Intel launched this weekend a new high-end processor, the Core i7 960. As expected, the chip increases the ranks of the Bloomfield family instead of the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition which has itself been replaced with the current flagship of the founder, the Core i7 975 Extreme Edition.

Like the man he replaces, the new processor is clocked at 3.20 GHz with 8 MB of cache. It adopts a socket LGA 1366 and a fine engraving of 45 nm for a TDP of 130 W. It is losing its multiplier unlocked upwards and the link to QPI 6.4GT / s reserved for Extreme Edition, to be content with a link to 4.8 GT / s.

The Intel Core i7 960 is already in the catalog of Intel $ 562 in quantities of thousands. It appears as the same wholesale price as the Core i7 950, clocked him on at 3.06 GHz and sold approximately 500 euros, it seems to have to foreclose.