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Unannounced Intel Core i7 8086K Spotted
Yes, you read that right, a nostalgic sounding 8086 processor. So then, Intel might be planning a special processor to be released with the 40th anniversary of the 8086 processor?
The processor would/could be in testing stages at Intel, however, in a Chinese forum someone released information and screenshots on it, as Wccftech noted. The Core i7 8086K would be a respin of Coffee Lake S and would get a vase clock of 4.0GHz, however, it would get a boost to 5.1GHz. Everything about Intel's Turbos is vague as they do not release info about it anymore, we I can only assume that 5.1 GHz is a single thread and core boost and 4.4 for the all-core boost.
It, however, would effectively make the proc fast than a Core i7 8700K. The 8086K would be the same six cores part with the same TDP of 95W. This remains to be a rumor though, Intel has not published anything about it. It would not be the first-anniversary processor Intel release, remember the Pentium 20th Anniversary G3258 Processor?
8086K ... right, going to the attic now, gotta find me an MS-DOS floppy disk :-) Oh and keep in mind, although it's a bunch of them (screenshots) they could very likely be fake.
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#5537971 Posted on: 04/16/2018 08:39 AM
40 years, and modern CPUs still need to be compatible to that CPU. Isn't that weird?
40 years, and modern CPUs still need to be compatible to that CPU. Isn't that weird?
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#5537984 Posted on: 04/16/2018 09:28 AM
Over a hundred years using basically the same engine design, not weird.. Just another failure thanks to Capitalism.
Over a hundred years using basically the same engine design, not weird.. Just another failure thanks to Capitalism.
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#5537985 Posted on: 04/16/2018 09:31 AM
I'm not talking about design. All CPUs use the same design. I mean the instruction set ("platform".) There's ARM CPUs which are not compatible to 8086. PowerPC, etc. But on PC (and Mac, but not for long*) we're still compatible with that 40 year old thing.
* https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/apple-is-exploring-macs-running-its-own-cpus-but-that-dream-is-a-long-way-off/
Over a hundred years using basically the same engine design, not weird.. Just another failure thanks to Capitalism.
I'm not talking about design. All CPUs use the same design. I mean the instruction set ("platform".) There's ARM CPUs which are not compatible to 8086. PowerPC, etc. But on PC (and Mac, but not for long*) we're still compatible with that 40 year old thing.
* https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/apple-is-exploring-macs-running-its-own-cpus-but-that-dream-is-a-long-way-off/
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#5538002 Posted on: 04/16/2018 10:50 AM
Technically its compatible, but in practice its done using emulation (ie. "Virtual 8086 mode"). The x86 instruction set has evolved quite a bit since those days.
On that note, the basic ARM6 instruction set is also over 25 years old now, with its predecessors going back almost as far as the 8086.
PowerPC, etc. But on PC (and Mac, but not for long*) we're still compatible with that 40 year old thing.
Technically its compatible, but in practice its done using emulation (ie. "Virtual 8086 mode"). The x86 instruction set has evolved quite a bit since those days.
On that note, the basic ARM6 instruction set is also over 25 years old now, with its predecessors going back almost as far as the 8086.
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it was a Titan xp and not a 1080TI
and it was sold 100Euro less than a Titan xp (exept the 1st serie that were at the same price)
If it is as good as G3258 (best OC and price/perf ratio) then i might get one instead of waiting Ryzen to be in stock here...