We can now confirm that the X58 platform is here to stay. Intel
plans to release a new six-core 32nm CPU next year, and the good news is that
this chip will continue to support its X58 chipset.
The socket should be the same, LGA 1366, and a 32nm six-core
should make for a good high end CPU. The question that Intel cannot officially
confirm is if the Gulftown 32nm CPU will work in all existing X58 boards.
The problem is that Intel still doesn’t have the final
silicon and that it needs to do a validation with the existing X58 infrastructure. If
the motherboard manufacturers used Intel’s design guidelines, they should be
fine. But there is no assurance that your X58 motherboard purchased in 2008 or
2009 will work with Gulftown.
That is the bad part, while the good part
is that you probably won’t need to change your motherboard and memory. We are sure
that with Gulftown 32nm six-core, there will also be newer and better versions of X58
motherboards. Intel obviously has economic recession in mind even, with its high
end stuff.
The bottom line is that Gulftown 32nm might work in some
X58 boards.
Friday, 06 March 2009 12:14
Intel Gulftown 32nm 6-core should work with X58 boards
Written by Fuad Abazovic
At least some of them
Published in
CEBIT 2009 - Motherboard
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