Intel Nehalem Photo debut

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I thought bloomfield is a single socket gainestown (one of the QPI links disabled)?

If XE was going to be multi socket it would use gainestown, not bloomfield.


Edit: Just realised that Bloomfield is not just going to be XE desktop, but midrange up as well.

So theres 4 nehelam cores:

1: Xeon MP - Beckton

2: Xeon/Desktop - DP - Gainsestown/SP - Bloomfield ( 1 QPI lnk disabled)

3: Value/Mobile - Lynnfield/Clarksfield

4: Integrated GPU - Havendale/Auburndale

Lynnfield threw me a bit, as its a quad core so doesn't seem much lower than the full fat core, but obviously the greater integration is more for the notebook market, but also means that value boards ban be made cheaper and smaller (one less chip on board). But Bloomfield is the chip most full sized/enthusiast boards are likely to use. Easier to think of the value desktop boards using the notebook chips (3 or 4) rather than the standard desktop ones (2)