Introduction

Intel, leap ahead. At Intel, they constantly push the boundaries of innovation in order to make people's lives more exciting, more fulfilling, and easier to manage. Their unwavering commitment to moving technology forward has transformed the world by leaps and bounds. They're a company that's always in motion, fueling an industry that never rests. They inspire their partners to develop innovative products and services, rally the industry to support new products, and drive industry standards. Intel does this so that it can collectively deliver better solutions with greater benefits more quickly.

Leap ahead, these two words drive focus at Intel. Their job is to find and drive the next leap ahead around technology, education, culture, social responsibility, manufacturing, and more to continuously encourage their customers, partners, consumers, and businesses to join them as they continue to take exciting leaps forward. In the end, it's not just about making technology faster, smarter, and cheaper. It's about using that technology to make life better, richer, and more convenient for everyone it touches. Intel has a history of leading bold and positive change. Intel's passion for technology has transformed the world.

After the incredible launch of Intel's Conroe series it's not too easy to follow that up. But make no mistake as at the end of last year, Intel has launched the world's first quad core desktop processor. The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 is based on the new Kentsfield core. In fact the Kentsfield is nothing more than two Conroe's placed on a single package. Much like Presler before it, Kentsfield is technically a qual core processor with two separate die on the same package. While it is perhaps not as elegant as a true quad core processor, Intel's new quad core processor unquestionably gets the job done.

Features

• Quad Core Processing
• Intel Wide Dynamic Execution
• Intel Smart Memory Access
• Intel Advanced Smart Cache
• Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost
• Intel Virtualization Technology (VT)
• Intel 64 Architecture
• Execute Disable Bit

An Intel quad core processor consists of four complete execution cores in one physical processor, all running at the same frequency. All cores share the same packaging and the same interface with the other chipsets and memory. Imagine that a quad core processor is like an eight lane highway, it can handle up to twice as many cars as its four lane predecessor without making each car drive twice as fast. Similarly, with an Intel quad core based PC, people can perform multiple tasks such as downloading music and gaming simultaneously more efficiently. Overall, it offers a way of delivering more capabilities while balancing energy efficient performance.

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 CPU Quad Core

The Intel QX6700, which lived its early life going by the codename Kentsfield, really is two Core 2 Duo chips mounted together on the same package. Intel actually used this multi-chip packaging technique in the past to create their first dual core processors, such as the Pentium D (Presler). Combining two separate chips rather than making one large chip makes good sense from an economic standpoint, because smaller die areas tend to make higher yields of good chips from each wafer. The end result of such multi-chip fusion is a processor that plugs into a regular LGA775 socket and packs four processing cores alongside a total of 8MB of L2 cache. And it looks like any other recent Intel desktop CPU.

The Core 2 Extreme QX6700 is clocked at the same frequency as the Core 2 Duo E6700, namely 2.67GHz with a 1066MHz front side bus. So its clock speed matches that of the second fastest Core 2 Duo, the E6700. Yes indeed, the current fastest Intel dual core CPU is still the Core 2 Extreme X6800 set at 2.93GHz. Initially, there will only be the one quad core processor in Intel's line up, but a second will follow this year. When the Core 2 Quad Q6600 is announced, it will not come as much of a surprise to you to find that it will be clocked at the same speed as the Core 2 Duo E6600.

The Intel Core 2 Extreme qual core processor is the ideal desktop processor for those who want an outstanding multimedia and gaming experience. Designed for gamers and PC enthusiasts who perform multiple complex tasks simultaneously, the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 provides exceptional performance for highly threaded digital media creation software and ultra realistic games. For experienced enthusiasts the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 bus ration locks have been removed. This offers added technical flexibility in tuning your system, even beyond the specified limits.