Intel Ivy Bridge 3770K overclocked to 7.03 GHz on Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H (Video)

This was another record for Gigabyte announces that it has reached the highest frequency in overclocking an Intel Ivy Bridge 3770K. During the session was used to overclock a motherboard GIGABYTE Z77X-UD3H , a motherboard that under the hands of the famous overclocker HiCookie clocked a CPU frequency of 7.03 GHz .

The cooling was obviously used as liquid nitrogen, the voltage supplied to the CPU well 1.956 volts. The following screen shows only the validation of HWBot.org and then for the moment no benchmark was performed at these frequencies.

HiCookie clocked also the maximum frequency for DDR3 platform Ivy Bridge reaching 3280MHz with all 4 memory slots occupied, in which case we used a GA-Z77X-UD5H and memories G.Skill Trident X.

Here's a video that portrays the overclocking session:

TSMC produces an ARM processor from 3GHz

TSMC , also known as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, reserves some surprises. The last announcement of the company regards the place of positioning a milestone in the history of ARM processors: TSMC has been able to produce a processor, built-process 28Nm , which operates the incredible frequency of 3.1GHz .

 

This processor is a candidate to be the fastest ever produced with the architecture firm of Cambridge, and probably will remain so for quite some time. TSMC has stated that it is a dual core processor architecture with Cortex-A9 (the same as the NVIDIA Tegra 2 and Exynos on the Galaxy S II) and the frequency was "achieved under typical conditions" using a production process called HPM ( h igh p erformance for m obile applications ).

This process has been developed for tablets and other devices for world consumer , and the clearest demonstration of the ability of that process is this CPU. It would be interesting to have benchmarks to see how different are the performance compared to a normal processor operating in the 1-1.5GHz range. As stated by Cliff Hou, vice president of TSMC, "This work shows that ARM and TSMC can meet the market demands for high performance", so it may be permissible to see this line of solutions used in ultra-thin notebooks with ARM processors. I can not wait.

Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge, the first time to 22 nanometers

After much anticipation and a little snooze, today is finally the day of processors Intel Ivy Bridge , the first ever to be built with 22 nanometer manufacturing process. In the era of communication digital and social networks, has become almost impossible to hide the news, which is why in recent months the information (including details) on the new Intel platform are circulated without problems.

We start by summarizing what are the characteristics Main (already partly known) CPU Intel Core Third Generation.

In the now well-known method of development of the house of Santa Clara, Ivy Bridge belongs to the phase Tick, effectively introducing a new production process, while keeping the same architecture and the same socket with the previous generation of CPUs. In this case, therefore, Ivy Bridge uses a socket LGA 1155, backward compatible with motherboards designed for Sandy Bridge Series 6.

More important news, which we'll do better to follow, are then the new Tri-gate transistor, the graphics component Intel Graphics HD 4000 and the introduction of 7-series chipset.
Before proceeding further it should be noted that, as happened to Sandy Bridge, Intel released on time what we can define (by price) the solution of the mainstream, then remain on site solutions for the band arriving on Extreme LGA 2011 (see Ivy Bridge-E).

Today, April 23, Intel launched a supply of new generation processors, code-named Ivy Bridge. This was reported by a number of foreign online resources, Information on the official website of the company is missing.

From today, Intel will begin deliveries of 13 models of 4-core processors with four cores in a series of Core i5 and Core i7, the bulk of which is designed for desktops and laptops. To supply a new generation of processors with lower ultrabook Intel plans to begin later, but before the end of spring. Many analysts expect seriously that Apple will not resist the temptation to use the chips in the first wave of an updated line of MacBook Pro.

Ivy Bridge processors have several important innovations. First, these are the first chips, which are made on the basis of 22-nm process. Secondly, this is the first processor, which incorporates "three dimensional" transistor made by technology Intel 3D Tri-Gate.

Unlike conventional transistors, 3D Tri-Gate valve is a three-dimensional structure, increasing the area through which the electrons move. This reduces the drive current and, consequently, the leakage current. At Intel, the transition to such semiconductors are called revolutionary because, according to company representatives, to no one involved in mass production of transistors.

It is noted that the processors Ivy Bridge is 20% faster than previous generation chips while consuming 20% ​​less energy. By analogy with Sandy Bridge processors in the new graphics cores are placed directly on the same chip as the main computational kernel. It is reported that "the people who use integrated graphics solutions, along with the new chips will be one of the most tangible benefits." In addition to working with Full HD-video, these include a more rapid conversion of videos.

Note that in 2013 replaced the Ivy Bridge processors come Haswell , in which the corporation plans to 20 times better performance of energy consumption in standby mode. The company expects that this improvement will be equivalent to 10 days of the laptop in standby mode, if you have a permanent network connection.

Intel Ivy Bridge: new rumors on prices

A loose retailer in Singapore has published an 'attractive offer concerning the upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge, bundled with a lot of tab mother . We are offering a series chipset motherboard with 6 or 7 (both with socket LGA 1155) coupled with a processor Ivy Bridge Core i7 or Core i5.

The table shown below, if confirmed (considering change), confirming the rumors that Intel was going to propose the new processors at very competitive prices. 

The flagship Core i7 3770K it has a minimum cost of $ 506 in Singapore with a lot of motherboard Gigabyte GA-H61N, the cost is of $405 US Dollars.

Intel Core i7 and i7-3930K 3960X-C2 stepping available in Asia

As already announced in December (you can read  the step C2 Intel prepares for LGA 2011 processors SandyBridge-E ) Intel is preparing to launch the revision C2 of the CPU Sandy Bridge-E . Currently, these processors are available only for the Japanese market, and they are models of Core i7 i7-3960X and 3930K , the new revision is to correct the bug of the function VT-d (Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I / O).

The new Intel Core i7 i7-3960X and 3930K   can be identified by checking the letters S-Spec (5-character string that identifies precisely stepping CPU) printed on 'His of the processor . In this case, the CPU can be identified by the acronym C2 SR0KF for the Core i7-3960X and SR0KY  for the Core i7-3930K .

The prices for the Japanese market have been established at 83970 yen equivalent to U.S. $ 1095 for the Core i7-3960X, while the model i7-3930K is priced at 48980 yen, the exchange rate U.S. $ 639.

Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7-E 3820: Here are the first reviews

The site AnandTech.com has published an interesting article on the new Intel Core i7 3820SandyBridge-E , a CPU that unlike the high-end models and i7 i7-3960X-3930K has 4 cores with HT architecture and frequency based of 3.6 GHz As many readers know, the i7-3820 is not unlocked for overclocking, but with the new x79 motherboards can increase the frequency. The staff at Anandtech was able to get it safely to over 4.6 GHz

The article explains the different characteristics of the CPU compared to the unlocked models, offering different benchmarks and a video. Recall that the Core i7 3820 will cost about $ 285, for more info at this link .

AMD Bulldozer FX: Good sales, stops the production of the Phenom II

Despite the enthusiast user does not have appreciated fully the absolute performance of the new AMD FX (you can read  Review:AMD FX-8150, 8 Core 3.6 GHz ), sales of the first units arrived in the shop and the stocks OEMs have clocked good numbers, facts already running out of stocks available.

AMD has so much steel and copper alloys of a request processor architecture Bulldozer FX in addition to that of the Llano chip platform. This strong demand seems to have brought home to Sunnyvale to stop the production of the Phenom II and Athlon II.

This move, taken from the site Nordichardware, may not be well accepted by users who look at absolute performance, in particular also because we remember that the Phenom II X6 gave a hard time with the new FX especially in multi-threaded applications.

In short, a choice that can be criticized but that in a market perspective it seems quite logical as the AMD FX high-end models allow the manufacturer a much higher gain.

Intel plans for 2015 and 2016 include the release of processors and Skylake Skymont

Recently, we have already mentioned that in the year of the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, Intel intends to present its CPU, code-named Broadwell , are likely to be produced on 14 nm technological standards and promise to become the first true "system on a chip" in the arsenal of the world chip maker . And today we have the possibility to look into the more distant future, when in 2015 and 2016 in the light should be available for Intel processors with the names and Skylake Skymont.

Moreover, the chips Skylake, according to a source, will be issued according to the same 14 nm manufacturing standards, and that Broadwell, that obviously means a transition to a qualitatively new architecture (standard strategy for Intel "tick-tock"). At the same time the production line in the CPU Skymont should be used more "slim" 11-nm process, which so far is at an early stage of development. As the functionality of processors and Skylake Skymont, so to predict long-term perspective, of course, quite difficult, but one can assume even greater integration of microelectronic components in the concept of "system on a chip" and improvements in productivity and efficiency, as well as possible support for the next edition of the account of technology DirectX (DX12).   

Socket 775 and 65nm continues to be shipped late in 2012

While we eagerly await the latest processors from Intel on their 22nm technology, they have no hurry to let the past die with dignity. Their old LGA 775 socket and several associated processors will ship until late in 2012, including a processor built on 65nm.

LGA 775 socket may be viewed as special for many when Intel made its transition from the not so successful NetBurst architecture, Conroe and Core 2 Duo, which put the company on the map again in both performance and power efficiency. But certain things should be allowed to die out with dignity and this is a clear example of this. Core 2 Duo was launched and was manufactured at 65nm, and since then we have seen the 45nm, 32nm and soon 22nm from the company.

LGA 1156 and LGA 1155 that houses today's Sandy Bridge processors have since been released. Ivy Bridge, which is expected to appear in March-April next year will be built on 22nm and be compatible with LGA 1155th But it has no intention to end the LGA 775th

During the fourth quarter of this year, ending the company shipping the Core 2 Duo E7600 and E7500, but other processors will be shipped well into the next year. Pentium E6800, E6700, E5800 and Celeron E3500 and E3400 will be shipped to the Q3 2012 but this date may be extended. Last out, we have Celeron 430 which are built on 65nm, and has a core clocked at 1.8 GHz with a TDP value of 35W. Although this will be shipped until Q3 2012th

As the top of that, Intel LGA 1156 alive with multiple processors. so there are many generations they stay alive, to ensure that clients and consumers have an upgrade path to climb on. But at the LGA 775, we have hard to see why they still retain, Core 2 Duo was good in its day but has now been replaced by better alternatives.

Ivy Bridge quad-core screened and tested

Once again it is time for a taste of the latest from Intel: the Ivy Bridge. It's overclocking profile coolaler who got hold of an engineering sample with four cores and a clock frequency of 2.0 GHz, where he runs the memories of the 2134 MHz CL6.

Intel's next tick will begin at 22nm is based on their Sandy Bridge architecture, called Ivy Bridge. Ivy Bridge will come with several minor improvements to the processor, while the graphics part and the northbridge to get the biggest lift to today. Graphics chip is expected to be around 60 percent better than Sandy Bridge, and the processor will have official support for PCI Express 3.0. But what is expected of the architecture is mostly lower power consumption than before. Now coolaler got hold of an engineering sample of Ivy Bridge.

Several media have gone out with the CPU comes with a B3-stepping anything that is incorrect. The processor will be under CPU-Z with "Stepping 4" and cool yourself, believe that the processor is stepping B1. The letter B reveals that the processor has undergone a major revision since it first was printed out. It is not unlikely that the Ivy Bridge processors we'll see in the trade will be the stepping B2, when a new stepping normally takes around three months to develop and manufacture.

The processor reported in CPU-Z to come up with a clock frequency of 2.4 GHz when it shows up the turbo-frequency engineering specimen. It also reported that the processor has 65W TDP something that almost certainly will be when today's Sandy Bridge can run all four cores at 2.3 GHz with a TDP value of 45W . The results of AIDA64 appears to be slightly lower than with Sandy Bridge across the board, then probably AIDA64 and the motherboard does not have good support for Ivy Bridge. The memories run right pressure in the 2134 MHz 6-9-6-24 CR2 so we think that the results should be higher than what they do, then Ivy Bridge is a shrink of Sandy Bridge.

Sorry is not so much about processor performance than this, but hopefully more results will be published with the processor. It is still planned to Ivy Bridge will be launched in March-April, for both desktop and notebook computers, and the focus looks more like to be on power efficiency than pure performance.

Liquid metal can power future processor for Smartphones

Long as the industry has been operating at a high heat dissipation of circuits, and to stack multiple chips on each other is becoming more or less standard for certain types of circuits. IBM shows off a new interesting technique that involves both cooling and operating these types of circuits with liquid metal.

So-called 3D die-stacking, TSV (Through Silicon Via) is that you stack multiple chips on each other. This is common in today's smartphones, which have a system processor and etches the RAM on top. The advantages of this technique is faster transfer speeds, communication between the stacked chips and lower power consumption. The disadvantage is that the cooling circuits, but also to provide the upper circles of power.

IBM has developed a technology to solve both problems, while it is still in experimental stage, it sounds very interesting. IBM does a lot of artificial intelligence has taken inspiration from the human brain, using the same medium to transport heat and provide the brain (and other body) with energy.

"The human brain is 10.000 times more dense and efficient Than any computer today. That's Because it Possible Uses only one, extremely efficient, network of capillaries and Blood Vessels to transport heat and energy, all at the Same Time," IBM

It has made channels in their wafers to allow the liquid metal - in this case the element Vanadium - to flow through a circuit. When you then stack multiple chips on each other, there are channels to flow through it. In IBM's tests should I have stacked a hundred silicon-based circuits on top of each other.

Vanadium can lead to charge through the stacked chips to run them, and when it loses its charge, it can absorb heat, allowing it to act as cooling. The idea is that you have a single medium for both running and cooling the stacked chips.

3D die-stacking is the future, but the technology will be used to overcome the problems of power and heat generation?

If and when the technology is materialized in real products is not clear, and IBM has previously shown a similar technique with thermally conductive adhesive for the same use. But the potential of this technology from IBM is large, and can result in both higher frequencies and lower power consumption. Another problem can not think of when you only see all the numbers in GHz (gigahertz), is that as the transistors may work faster need faster communication between all types of circuits. Although this is 3D die-stacking is actually a solution to the problem when you place the chips on each other, creating minor delays between them.

What we can say is that TSV is the future of the semiconductor industry, and some type of technology will be required in future to overcome both power and heat generation. Could you imagine having liquid metal in the heart of your computer or smartphone?

Another record for AMD Bulldozer: DDR3 memory overclocked to 3311 MHz

Leading positions Zambezi processors with incredible ease taken in the discipline of CPU-Z, thus wresting the leadership from making Intel. Overclockers opened another discipline in which the Bulldozer can podsidet competitor - «Memory Clock DDR3». The name speaks for itself: to the maximum overclock of DDR3 memory and register the result obtained on the site Hwbot.org. For a long time in this discipline was dominated by the LGA 1156 platform with a processor-based architecture Lynnfield. The maximum result was obtained with the use of frozen storage and Kingston HyperX 1646 MHz was good.

Socket AM3 + platform has registered in the first place «Memory Clock DDR3» overclocker efforts _mat_ , who managed to overclock the memory ADATA Gaming 2.0 Hynix chips to the frequency of 1655.6 MHz (DDR3-3311).

The test stand consisted of a motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula, and processor FX-8150. Extremely only cooled CPU, memory and fall to a "nitrogen breathing."

Bulldozer processors place prize in the two disciplines of overclocking is very good, but it does not improve their quality of consumer. I'd like to believe that the AMD FX chips will not play the role of a wedding sort of general who invited "on stage" only in exceptional cases.

AMD Bulldozer new improvements by 2014

AMD has set itself the goal of improving by 50% by 2014 Bulldozer architecture. The first reviews on the new CPUs have shown a picture not very rosy, the processors do not have exciting performance on the special architecture that uses a variety of shared resources between the core of each module. In addition, the power dissipation was higher than other Intel processors of the counterparty.

To counter this negative publicity and try to restore confidence in the FX brand, the company has now published a roadmap that talks about the improvements planned for the architecture until 2014, an ambitious timetable, given how much and how things can change suddenly in world of technology.

Looking at the graph shows that the various architectures Piledriver, and Bulldozer Steamroller, should improve their properties up to 30-50% by 2014 (subject to change without notice, of course).

SandyBridge Intel i7-E 3960: 36% faster than all i7 990X

Intel released some preliminary data of the new processors SandyBridge-E and in particular the Core i7 3960 . The news is nothing short of excellent as according to some preliminary benchmarks the new CPU would be faster than the "old" i7 990X up to 36%.

The Core i7 processor is a 3960 6-Core 3.3 GHz frequency (instead of the 990X runs at 3.47 GHz) and 15 MB of cache, according to the new first data SandyBridge-990X is posted on the 13% Cinebench, 12% in Pov Ray 3.7, 15% in ProShow Gold 4.5 and up to 36% in Physics 3Dmark 11. Let our readers take due consideration.

Bulldozer FX: Today the official debut of the new AMD

After much waiting and more or less confirmed the time has finally come the debut of the processors AMD Bulldozer FX . The new generation of processors from the house of Sunnyvale comes at a good time because the producer sees in an excellent position in the desktop GPU and embedded systems, where he recently proposed a wide range of APU.

Desktop CPU instead of the segment that has been in the past two years has seen AMD use Intel's counter-part in the high-end, but at the same time take a very aggressive pricing policy that has borne fruit; just think that a processor Phenom II X6 6-Core has a cost just over $ 100.

But back to Bulldozer FX , as we will see a symbol that does not "point" only new processors from AMD Enthusiast but a broader vision that includes all the hardware platform of the PC , with a focus that could be called essential for the price / performance ratio.

The PC hardware market, particularly aimed at the demanding gaming in 2010 generated more than 16.5 Million of U.S. dollars with nearly half a billion Gaming assembled. In this cauldron of almost 500 million computers, however, two thirds are systems that are aimed in some way to contain the final cost of the machine within the $ 700, leaving the systems above $ 1500 a share of about 2% slice and market (about 20%) to mid-range, if that can be defined.

In this view comes with the AMD FX processors and chipset 990FX Dozers, specifically designed for the new platform.

AMD FX Bulldozer: official debut on October 12 in Europe

It 's official, the date for the debut CPU AMD FX is fixed, in Europe, October 12 at 18.00, AMD should launch three different versions of the CPU, FX 8xx0 8-core, 6-core FX 6100 and FX 4100 to 4 cores. The FX 8150 is a processor with 8 cores clocked at 3.6 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo mode) and features 16 MB cache, the second "classified" AMD is the FX 8120, eight cores at 3.1 GHz (4.0 GHz in Turbo). Finally, the FX 8100 with a frequency of 2.8 GHz with a maximum clock of 3.7 GHz and 16 MB cache.

The AMD FX 6100 but has six cores at 3.3 GHz (3.9 GHz Turbo) and 14 MB cache, there will be a faster version called AMD FX 6120 which has the same TDP of 95 W, but come on the market first quarter of 2012. Finally, we would have the 'FX 4170, Quad-Core clocked at 4.2 GHz with 12 MB cache and TDP of 125W.

We just have to wait only a few days to see the actual performance.

Intel Core i7 2700K to 331 Dollars

A few days ago we announced the upcoming debut of the new Intel Core i7 SandyBridge 2700K, LGA 1155 CPU with unlocked multiplier and "successor" of the 2600K .

As already reported in the news, 2700K Intel will have the unlocked multiplier and a frequency of more than 2600K of only 100 MHz and the other characteristics remain unchanged, architecture Quad-Core, Hyper Threading, 8 MBdi L3 cache and TDP 95W.

The sale price, however, as it was easy and will debut at $ 331 (per 1000 units), compared with $ 317 of 2600K. All in all, this small increase is not surprising, given that the processor has more than 100 MHz and almost certainly will have better overclocking abilities. However, expect the arrival in our country (probably late October), where we hope to avoid surprises in the "conversion" of prices.

Microsoft: ARM-version of Windows 8 will not support x86 applications

As you know, the next version of desktop operating system, Windows 8 will run as usual on x86-Intel and AMD, and chips based on ARM architecture from companies such as Qualcomm, NVIDIA, or TI.

This is a great victory for the British company ARM - she managed to shake a few before the unbreakable alliance of Intel and Microsoft. On the other hand, Intel and Google have recently reported a partnership within the operating system Android, which previously relied almost exclusively on the platform, ARM. Will Intel moderate consumption of their processors? Analysts divided on this issue. However, the market reacted differently: the value of shares in ARM September 15 increased by $ 11.5 (1.92%) to $ 610.

Other news about the ability to run Windows applications on Windows 7 8 was announced at a meeting of financial analysts, Microsoft's. President, Windows and Windows Live Steven Sinofsky (Steven Sinofsky) responded to a direct question: "I believe it was said that if something works on PCs with Windows 7, it can run on Windows 8. Also, since the first demonstrations at CES and in time we are quite clearly indicated that the products will not be ARM support any x86-application. "

So, next year there will be products on the market with Windows 8, which will run on chips ARM. As reported by Windows Tips and News, "They will work differently, to execute other software and get some updates" . In all likelihood, it will increase some technical chaos in the minds of consumers.

AMD FX already preorder the FX-6100 FX-8120 and FX-8150

There are still a few weeks at the official launch of the new CPUs of AMD's Bulldozer , but some processors in the new series FX (codenamed Zambezi ) are already in the price lists of some online shop, allowing us to get an idea of prices (if confirmed after launch Journal).

The Zambezi models found in pre-order are the six-core FX-6100 and the eight-core FX-8120 and FX-8150 . The FX-6100 is listed at a price of $ 188.32 and has a core clock of 3300 MHz (3990 MHz Turbo Mode), 6MB L2 cache, 8MB L3 cache, 95W TDP, and integrates the controller for DDR3-1866 memory.

FX-8120 model for the price rises to $ 221.73, the specific report an operating frequency of 3100 MHz (4000 MHz in turbo mode), 16MB of cache (8MB L2, 8MB L3), and a TDP of 125W. For the FX-8150, which has the same characteristics as the previous model but with a clock of 3600 MHz (4200 MHz in turbo mode), the cost is $ 266.28.

No official pricing from AMD, so to have a real estimate of the cost of the new FX CPUs have to wait for the official launch, which will surely lead to a change in downward price listed above.

AMD will launch two new APU unlocked in the last quarter of 2011

AMD will release two new APU in the fall of FM1 socket multiplier unlocked, the chips belong to the "K" series but will not be called "Black Edition". The models will be the following: 3870K-A8 and A6-3670K , which should be faster than 100 MHz, respectively, of the APU -3850 A8 and A6-3650 .

With its four-core x86-64 clocked at 3.00 GHz, the A8-3870K should have 400 stream processors and 600 MHz for its Radeon GPU, while the A6-3670K a clock of 2.70 GHz, 320 stream processors to 444 MHz for the GPU. The two models, however, have not implemented the technology TurboCore for the CPU core.