I just heard yesterday that Intel Intel Dunnington processors were shipped to key channel partners for testing and validation last month and it seems that is true. One of our readers snapped this picture of a 2.6GHz Intel Dunnington processor before being installed in their system for testing. They said all their specific platform needed was a BIOS flash and this 45nm six core beast was up and running in minutes. That is good news for all of us!
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Dunnington - the last CPU of the Penryn generation and the Intel's first multi-core (above two) die - will feature a single-die six core design with three unified 3 MB L2 caches (resembling three merged 45 nm dual-core Wolfdale dies), and 96 KB L1 cache (Data) and 16 MB of L3 cache. It is expected to feature 1066 MHz FSB, fit into the Tigerton's mPGA604 socket, and be compatible with the Caneland chipset. These processors are expected to support DDR2-1066 (266 MHz), and to have a max. power consumption (TDP) below 130 W. They are intended for blades and other stacked computer systems. Availability is scheduled for the second half of 2008. It will be followed shortly by the Nehalem microarchitecture.
Where did the name Dunnington come from? It is a village and civil parish in the City of York unitary authority and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, approximately 6 km (4 miles) east of the city of York.According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,194.
