'AMD's hexacore cpu's will have Turbo Boost'

By Tim Quax on 08 february 2010

Unknown sources disclosed information towards the newssite X-bit Labs concerning AMD; AMD's hexacore cpu's will have a so-called C-state performance boost function. This function is comparable with Intel's Turbo Boost.

Intel's newest Core i5 and Core i7 feature Turbo Boost; when not all cores are enabled the clocking speed of the enabled cores can have a significant boost. AMD would be planning to introduce a feature like Turbo Boost in their hexacore-cpu's, codenamed Thuban.


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