410 million transistors on a 107mm die.
6MB cache per chip
"Super Shuffle Engine" - Penryn will have the ability to perform 128-bit data shuffle operations in a single cycle. Gelsinger said this fast shuffle capability should make SSE4 much more programmable and more useful for compiled code, because the CPU will quickly handle realigning data as needed for vector execution.
A faster divider ? Penryn will be faster clock-for-clock than current Core 2 processors, and not just because of larger caches and SSE4. The CPU has a new, faster divider that can process four bits per clock versus the two bits per clock of current Conroe chips. Accordingly, Gelsinger expects twice the divide performance of Core 2 Duo and up to four times the performance for square-root operations.
Bus speeds up to 1600MHz
A new lower power state
Dynamic Acceleration Tech
Clock speeds over 3GHz
Edit:
More - Automatic overclocking for single threaded apps
When one CPU core is busy while the other is idle, thus not requiring much power or producing much heat, Penryn will take advantage. The chip will boost the clock speed of the busy core to a higher-than-stock frequency?while staying within its established thermal envelope.
Quad core over 45% faster than current fastest Xeon.
6MB cache per chip
"Super Shuffle Engine" - Penryn will have the ability to perform 128-bit data shuffle operations in a single cycle. Gelsinger said this fast shuffle capability should make SSE4 much more programmable and more useful for compiled code, because the CPU will quickly handle realigning data as needed for vector execution.
A faster divider ? Penryn will be faster clock-for-clock than current Core 2 processors, and not just because of larger caches and SSE4. The CPU has a new, faster divider that can process four bits per clock versus the two bits per clock of current Conroe chips. Accordingly, Gelsinger expects twice the divide performance of Core 2 Duo and up to four times the performance for square-root operations.
Bus speeds up to 1600MHz
A new lower power state
Dynamic Acceleration Tech
Clock speeds over 3GHz
Edit:
More - Automatic overclocking for single threaded apps
When one CPU core is busy while the other is idle, thus not requiring much power or producing much heat, Penryn will take advantage. The chip will boost the clock speed of the busy core to a higher-than-stock frequency?while staying within its established thermal envelope.
Quad core over 45% faster than current fastest Xeon.