AMD: the world's first 12-core processor has begun shipping

[SocketMan]

It's been done already. s7eph3n over in the AMD forum posted last year with some 3ghz+ MC goodness.

His (ES) chip,has an unlocked multiplier,won't be the case for the "regular"
cpus.

Will not happen, there will be no access to ACC on these, they are targeted at server apps, not over clockers.

I think it's safe to say that we've established the bold part already
However the actual performance (of any hardware) would not change
with different "target markets".
A 2.2ghz cpu will perform exactly the same for "Joe Blow
Over clocker" and the "Big Shot Enterprise".
Also the money from the 2 is identical - if AMD sells 2 cpus to Joe at 1000$
(each) they get 2000$.When AMD sells 2 cpus at 1000$ to the Enteprise
they still get 2000$,but there are more Joes then enteprises.


A pic below shows the number of people participating in WCG,our (XS) team
(1 out of many) has over 1000 active members.Globally there are hundreds
of thousands of PCs and the number is growing on the daily basis.


Almost everyone out of that 1000+ overclocks their machines,stability
is not an issue,it's a given - because no one wants to lose a Work Unit.
We have a new "market segment" that basically developed over the last ~5 years.This segment is way above the "Ultra Enthusiast" "needs"
(4-6 cpu cores according to some charts),but obviously below the
"ënteprise".

It's money (a lot of it,we're talking tens of thousands of people) laying
on the road,all AMD has to do is to pick it up.

The cpus don't have to be targeted they just have to perform.



Also the term "Overclock/er" has become to general,there are at least 2 groups in it:
The first one is the "record breakers" -these guys use the LN2,Dry Ice and run benchmarks faster and faster under very,very high gigahertz (for a few minutes )
That's were all the "fame" is.
Stability here is only needed to complete the benchmark run and take a
screen shot.I do not think this group is even interested in M.cores.

The second group runs their overcloked PCs 24/7/365 at full load (without crashing btw),but of course the clocks are much lower then the "records".

This (I think) is one of the best descriptions as to "why" we need the over clocking ability.Let the motherboard manufacturers do what they do best -
give us motherboards with the features we need.
AMD has done their job already - the cpus are made.
The philosophy has always been (something like):
"give users the ability to make a choice", and that is all we really need.No need to target us

Some of you have heard me pissing and moaning that I can't OC the gainestown rig. It isn't for ego or for that 5 minutes of glory showing huge benchmarks, it's for the additional amount of work I see it able to do that it can't when locked up as it is.
Computational power is the answer to the problem and the more we can throw at it the sooner this will be accomplished.