^ yes ,so that means it wil hav 12 threads in total ,i9 wil b released on Socket 1366 ,and will run tri channel ram, some benchies with Xeon i9 showed dual cpus in a single mobo ,so running 12 cores and 24 threads 
AMD is also launching its Desktop version for Opetron 6 core server CPU caodename Thurban, on Socket AM3 , so tough match AMD vs Intel on 6 cores cpu, let me remind u ,AMD hav alreadi taken the lead in 6 cores cpu in server market, AMD is also planning to release its CPU codename Bulldozer, and reports says that it wil b real monster for overclockers, it wil hav such an overclocking potential that u cant even imagine 
have u guys heard abt AMDs new DX 11 gpus? 5850 ,5870 and 5870 x2 , benchies show that one 5870 kicks 295gtx out of the game, so a single 1gb 5870 beats 1896mb gtx 295, imagine 5870 x2 , another feature thy wil hav is eyefinity
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