Intel Leaks Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition On Company Website @ TechPowerUp
Many of us knew that the next generation of LGA2011v3 processors would be built on Broadwell however it was anyone's guess as to how fast the processor would be or how many cores it might have.
It would seem that Intel has helped us with that.
Intel over the weekend, leaked its upcoming Core i7-6950X processor in the change-log of its latest Management Engine software, on the company's Support website. In its CPU support list, the entry for "Intel Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition" stands out. It also leaks two key specifications - 25 MB of L3 cache, and a clock speed of up to 3.50 GHz. The Core i7-6800 and i7-6900 series are a family of six-, eight-, and ten-core processors based on the 14 nm "Broadwell-E" silicon, and built in the LGA2011v3 package, compatible with existing Intel X99 Express chipset motherboards, with BIOS updates.
I am super excited for the next X99 processor release. Not so much for the 10 core processors but rather to see what companies will be doing with the X99 platform. I'm sure we will see a bunch of familiar faces like the X99 Godlike Carbon edition and hopefully something X99 and "Dark" from EVGA.
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