Both Intel and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) are said to be working on the release of their six core offerings. In the intensely competitive chip market, Intel seems to be taking the first move with its 6 core CPU expected to hit the markets by March end (Intel 6 core lineup is referred as Gulftown). According to Digitimes the fist Intel chip would be Core i7-980X costing $1000 upwards.On the other hand AMD is expected to be a little late with its six-core offering and would come out with the Phenom II X6 1075T, 1055T and 1035T (all three built on 45nm process) in May. This is expected to come along with the quad-core Phenom II X4 960T. The AMD six-core processors are built on the Thuban architecture, this brings 3MB of L2 cache and 6MB of L3 cache – Exciting!
