Intel Core 2 Quad

[TSS_Killer]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/08/AR2007010800571.html

Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled the new Core 2 Quad processor which boasts four cores on one die. My guess is these processors will most likely go on sale for around $1,000, since the bulk price is $851 for the desktop model. They also revealed that there will be two variations on the Core 2 Quad for server machines, and those CPU's will start at around $690 at bulk rate.

I say that even though this technology is expensive, I still have two burning questions that you can discuss amongst yourselves:

1. How would you cool this mammoth processor?

2. How much power do you think would the motherboard/CPU combo need to even start up? And when I say that, I mean power supply wattage.

 

[Rayne]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/08/AR2007010800571.html
1. How would you cool this mammoth processor?

What else? use a mammoth water cooling system.

 

[Swifty]

The CPU industry these days seem to be following the philosophy of violence when creating new processors: "Transistors. It's a lot like violence. If it first doesn't solve the problem, just use more."