But mobile processors need to be reviewed separately, so let's get back to desktop CPUs based on Sandy Bridge DC for now.
As you can see, Intel hasn't yet bothered to put model naming in order: Core i7 solutions can still have either two (mobile) or four (desktop) cores. As for graphics, all new notebooks will feature GMA HD 3000 whatever the processor lineup.
Note that you'll get the full-fledged cache, only if you buy a machine with a Core i7 CPU based on Sandy Bridge DC. The architectural part is simple: it's the familiar Sandy Bridge, but with twice as fewer cores and halved cache: 2 cores, 4MB 元. In other words, Intel is going to stick to making dual-core solutions for a while longer, so we might as well take a closer look at those. Such products (mostly mobile, of course), although were sent to production just recently, were announced at almost the same time the higher-end quad-core processors were rolled out. Intel, having mastered monolithic design, didn't stop making initially dual-core chips which still occupy the largest share of the market, especially in mobile PCs where the number of cores is rarely higher than two.įor how much longer this may go on? We can't say much about AMD right now, but Intel does have a dual-core design for processors based on the new architecture. The latter was a special sort of dual-core design (also used in single-core Semprons). The change in process technology and architecture resulted in as many as three independent lineups: Deneb, Propus and Regor.
AMD, in turn, developed the initially quad-core Phenom, but continued to produce dual-core Athlons. Intel also used the dual-core design in making of quad and hexacore processors, too. The production continued, but such models were already made by cutting down dual-core ones. The move from single to dual-core processors in the mainstream market happened rather quickly and firmly: both Intel and AMD just stopped developing single-core CPUs.
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