DHAKA: Intel has unveiled its first eight-core desktop processor, the i7-5960X Intel Core Extreme Edition processor, alongside two new hexa-core offerings.

However, all members of the product family formerly named Haswell-E, the NDTV mentioned in a report on Saturday.

"We're thrilled to unveil the next phase in our 'reinvention of the desktop' we outlined earlier this year," said Lisa Graff, Vice President and General Manager, Intel's Desktop Client Platform Group. "This product family is aimed squarely at those enthusiasts who push their systems further than anyone, and we're offering the speed, cores, overclocking and platform capabilities they have asked us for."

However, the new processor includes Clocked at 3.0GHz, with a 3.5GHz Turbo Boost mode and 20MB cache, the Core i7-5960X is priced at $999.

But, aside from the i7-5960X, Intel also announced two hexa-core (12 threads) processors -- the $389 Core i7-5820K, which runs at 3.3GHz (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) and the $583 i7-5930K, which runs at 3.5GHz and Turbo Boosts till 3.7GHz.

Both 6-core offerings come with 15MB cache.

Moreover, at the heart of the new CPUs is the X99 chipset that comes with support for DDR4 RAM, up to 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes, 14 high speed (6 USB 3.0 + 8 USB 2.0) ports, Gigabit LAN, and 10 SATA 3.0 ports. The platform is also Thunderbolt 2 ready, which means manufacturers can add Thunderbolt 2 support via an additional card.

"I'm ridiculously excited about Intel's new platform," Kelt Reeves, President of Falcon Northwest, while commenting on the launched chips. "This is the biggest bundle of amazing new technologies all hitting at once that I can ever remember seeing. Enthusiasts will be amazed at what they can do with DDR4 memory, 10 SATA 6GB ports, 40 PCI Express lanes and eight-core CPUs."

BDST: 1531 HRS, AUG 31, 2014