Yep I also think there are a lot of doubts on the table. 8 months from introduction and you can't even SEE one of these dual cores yet...

Also I think they are going to 1066 bus and they'll split that between the cores, returning us to the days of the 533 bus only this time for 2 cores. Xeon was on that bus speed for a while, and I'd bet that doing this is Intel's way of offering an "enhancement" for folks who spend more $$ on them and buy two physical cores @ 800 bus vs getting a dual core single cpu on a 1066 bus.

As always Intel is playing for cash. Unlike always, they really have nothing to show anyone atm, and thus no promise that can't be broken on what you may get 8 months from now.

Good luck - I went AMD :p

Anemone, no one gives a crap what you think.
We know you'll bend over for AMD any time of the day.

Wonderful isn't it? Politics and speculation.

The Author (Brookwood) of the article is guessing. That's it. He has no clue if its a genuine dual core, a 2 core on 1 CPU form or a dual-CPU setup, because Intel kept the box closed and away from Journalists at IDF.

He maybe just pissed off because he and the other journos weren't allowed to see the inside. Intel could be hiding their first LGA775 dual core for all we know, it could also be a typical dual Xeon. We got nothing. And Brookwood, probably due to sexual fustration, decides to vent it on "not gettin none" from Intel.

What we know...
(1) Intel says its an Engineering demo version, but we can't confirm with certainty.
(2) Journalists were kept well away from the setup.
(3) The box was sealed from view (ie : no plexi-glass window to show the inside)
(4) The box was heavily guarded by Intel reps. (That look more like bouncers at a club)

End result, we got nothing solid. Unless someone inside Intel whips out a pict of it and demos it in a plexi case with benchmarks comparing it to a current dual CPU Xeon, we got nothing.

All this talk and speculation means absolutely, positively nothing.
(Well, besides Brookwood venting his fustration).

I'd wait until both sides release their dual-core products in mid 2005. That way, its a firm and solid issue, there is no doubt and speculation. Because what we got so far is absolutely nothing other than "he said, she said".

Agree with #3. If you just want to flame other posters, then don't bother to post anything.

We already *know* that it's only speculation, because it says so right in the article. I don't see why you needed to point that out, #2.

In the end, your post only states the obvious (the article is only speculation), and insults another poster as well as the author of the article (What does his sexual frustrations have to do with anything?). Neither have really added a lot to the discussion.

Intel said that it's an engineering prototype, and that doesn't neccesarily mean it's an actual dualcore cpu. The article basically just pointed that fact out.