Dual Core Nehalem Corei3 4ghz @ 0.832V

Kal-EL · #1 07-21-2009

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Originally Posted by techpowerup.com

First Intel Clarkdale Core i3 Low-Voltage Overclocking Feat Yields 4 GHz at 0.832 V
Intel's upcoming dual-core derivatives of the Nehalem/Westmere architecture, codenamed "Clarkdale" seems to have some interesting electrical characteristics. The CPU component of the chip is built on Intel's brand new 32 nanometre process that facilitates higher transistor densities, and in the process, intends to bring down TDP. An overclocking feat by Coolaler.com seems to suggest one of two things: either these chips have naturally low vCore voltages, or that the overlocking headroom at low-voltages is exceptional. Coolaler used a pre-release engineering sample of the Core i3 Clarkdale processor on a compatible platform, and achieved 4 GHz of clock speed with the vCore at 0.832 V. The frequency multiplier of the CPU was set at 25.0x, and a bus speed of 160 MHz used. Intel will be ready with these processors by the end of this year.

Source: Coolaler.com

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Deux · #2 07-21-2009

There was some discussion when this was posted on OCX a few days ago and several people in the know said that CPU-Z voltage is off significantly for those chips. Still quite impressive though.

He has also posted 5200+ runs on dice. Hopefully these 32nm chips will be able to replace wolfdales as the go to 1M and 01 chips.