While Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge-E parts were simply quad-core or six-core parts that were cut-down from an original Xeon Sandy-Bridge-EP silicon which had eight cores and 20MB of L3 cache, it appears that Ivy Bridge-E will feature "just" six-cores and will not actually be a cut-down version of Xeon Ivy Bridge-EP part.

According to a report over at VR-Zone, the upcoming Ivy Bridge-E will simply feature six-cores and the flagship Core i7-4960X will have no disable components on the die. Basically only the Core i7-4820K will feature two disabled cores. Apart from that the Core i7-4930K as well as the Core i7-4820K will come with smaller sized caches.

This move is considered as a great plus considering that you actually do not get "a big and crippled" core but rather a small as possible 22nm core with full PCI-Express v3.0 support, quad-channel (256-bit wide) DDR3-1833 memory controller. Intel is also expected to stay clear of the heatspreader solution seen earlier on the Ivy Bridge desktop parts and go for soldered one.

According to earlier details and rumors, Intel's Core i7 Ivy Bridge-E parts are scheduled to launch on or before September 10th and will be compatible with existing LGA2011 socket motherboards.



Source: VR-Zone.com.