Welcome Back Hyper-Threading!

The first Intel 45nm treatments will come from the quad-core Yorkfield and dual-core Wolfdale desktop processors. Wofldale has two physical cores on a single die and up to 6MB of L2 cache. Yorkfield is then two Wolfdale dice on a single package. Also worth noting: Wolfdale ships with a 1333MHz front-side bus and Yorkfield ships with a 1066MHz front-side bus. Chipset support will largely come from Bearlake-family that was previously disclosed on DailyTech.

It’s hard to say at this point how Hyper-Threading will be used in the future, but we definitely need some software to take full advantage of the technology. There are other features to look forward to though, such as 6MB of cache and of course, the fact that it’s based on a 45nm process.

Source: Daily Tech