Rumor: Upcoming Core i7-6950X could have 10 cores, 20 threads
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Intel's Haswell-E processors already pack as many as eight cores and 16 threads, but the next generation of the company's extreme desktop CPUs could offer more multi-threaded goodness yet. Chinese site Xfastest claims to have gotten its hands on a juicy document with the specifications of Intel's Broadwell-E desktop chips.
If that information is correct, the Broadwell-E desktop lineup may include six-core, 12-thread chips called the Core i7-6800K and i7-6850K, an eight-core, 16-thread ...