Intel's new six-core flagship Core i7-990X officially released

On Sunday, local time, Intel updated its official processor price list. Compared with the usual price reduction, the biggest highlight of this update is the quiet official release of the new flagship Core i7-990X Extreme Edition.

Due to the design defect of the 6 series chipsets, the Sandy Bridge series, which was originally the flagship of the first half of this year, fell into the silence of the recall period after the high-profile debut at the beginning of the year. At this point, it is precisely the top product of the LGA1366 platform that needs to maintain its high-end fever status to boost morale. The debut of the Core i7-990X is definitely enough for this component.

Prior to this, Intel's top product was the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition. The processor is Intel's first desktop-grade six-core CPU, manufactured using 32nm process, clocked at 3.33GHz, has 12MB of L3 cache, supports Hyper-Threading Technology and Turbo Boost Turbo Boost Technology, and dynamically accelerates single-core frequency up to 3.60GHz , TDP consumes 130W, thousands of wholesale price of 999 US dollars.

Today's Core i7-990X Extreme Edition, based on the 980X will be raised to 3.46GHz clock speed, dynamic acceleration frequency of up to 3.73GHz, other specifications remain unchanged, as the Extreme Edition product is still no lock frequency design.

The new release price of Core i7-990X Extreme Edition is also 999 US dollars, 980X also did not cut prices. The setting of the same price for the old and new products means that the 990X will gradually replace the 980X in the market.

While releasing Core i7-990X, Intel also lowered the price of several Core i7, Xeon products. The six-core 3.2GHz Core i7-970 dropped by 34% from 885 US dollars to 583 US dollars; the quad-core 3.2GHz Core i7-960 dropped by 562 US dollars to 294 US dollars, a decrease of 48%. In the server space, the price cuts of the six-core 3.2GHz Xeon W3670 and the quad-core 3.2GHz Xeon W3565 corresponded to the above two civilian products, which also dropped from 885 US dollars to 583 US dollars, and 562 US dollars to 294 US dollars.