Intel's new fever platform Sandy Bridge E sees the end

Intel's internal documentation shows that the new enthusiast-grade high-end processor "Sandy Bridge E" will be postponed until the fourth quarter of this year, rather than the third quarter that was previously widely expected.

Sandy Bridge E is designed for the ultimate fancier, specifications and performance are not comparable to the Sandy Bridge has been released. The new processor will use another new package interface LGA2011, with four or six cores, extra large cache to accelerate single-threaded and dual-threaded applications, support for four-channel DDR3 memory, frequency up to 2666MHz, and even Higher, and there are many other enhancements.

The Sandy Bridge E processor will be paired with the new chipset codenamed Patsburg, or named X68, to replace the aging X58.

It is worth noting that the Sandy Bridge E platform does not integrate a clock generator inside the processor, but still uses a traditional external method, while the SATA, USB, and other bus frequencies are locked. In this way, the Sandy Bridge platform will not be as inconvenient as the FSB, and enthusiasts will be able to freely adjust the frequencies everywhere and excavate performance limits.

The performance of the Sandy Bridge E platform will naturally be unmatched. From the current signs, AMD’s four-module eight-core bulldozers that beat AMD should not be overlooked.

Before the birth of Sandy Bridge E, Core i7-900 series of six-core processors and X58 motherboards will still lead the high-end market, this year there will be at least one new Core i7-990X Extreme, clocked at 3.46GHz.