Alright, I got my free Intel Core2 Extreme quad-core processor QX9650. Here is the Intel Core2 Extreme quad-core processor QX9650 preview. It is clocked at 3GHz with 12MB L2 cache and running 1333 MHz FSB. What is Intel Core2 Extreme quad-core processor anyway? The Extreme edition means it is the best Intel processor. And it is built on 45nm manufacturing technology, with hafnium-infused Hi-k transistors. What make it the best? The processor bus ratio locks (overspeed protection) have been removed in the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor. This delivers the ability to tune the system, taking it beyond the specification limits.

Intel Core2 Extreme quad-core processor QX9650 front view

Features and benefits
Quad-Core Processing Provides four independent execution cores in a single processor package. Four dedicated processing threads help operating systems and applications deliver additional performance, so end users can experience better multitasking and multithreaded performance across many types of applications and workloads.

Intel Wide Dynamic Execution Improves execution speed and efficiency, delivering more instructions per clock cycle. Each core can complete up to four full instructions simultaneously.

Intel Smart Memory Access Improves system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth from the memory subsystem and reducing the effective latency of memory accesses.

Intel Advanced Smart Cache Dynamically allocates the shared L2 cache to each processor core based on workload. This efficient, dual-core-optimized implementation increases the probability that each core can access data from fast L2 cache, significantly reducing latency to frequently used data and improving performance.

Intel HD Boost Accelerates the execution of Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE) instructions to significantly improve the performance on a broad range of multimedia and computeintensive applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are now issued at a throughput
rate of one per clock cycle, effectively doubling their speed of execution on a per-clock basis over previous generation processors. This is now improved further on 45nm versions with new SSE4 instructions for even better multimedia performance.

Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT)Allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. Intel VT improves manageability, limits downtime, and maintains worker productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

Intel 64 Architecture Allows the processor to access larger amounts of memory. With appropriate 64-bit hardware and software, platforms based on an Intel® processor supporting Intel 64 architecture can allow the use of extended virtual and physical memory.

Execute Disable Bit Provides extended virus defense when deployed with a supported operating system. Memory can be marked as executable or non-executable, allowing the processor to raise an error to the operating system if malicious code attempts to run in nonexecutable memory. This can prevent the code from infecting the system.

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