When were the First Quad-Core Processors Introduced?

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Were the first Quad-Core Processors introduced in the year 2006? This is the information I found on Wikipedia. Was it Intel or Advanced Micro Devices who introduced the first Quad-Core Processor?
 
Depends on if you mean true or 2x duals glued together.
I believe Intel released the first quad core, but AMD the first REAL 1x4, not 2x2.
I can't recall with servers, but i still think Intel was first.
 
Mitch? said:
Depends on if you mean true or 2x duals glued together.
I believe Intel released the first quad core, but AMD the first REAL 1x4, not 2x2.
I can't recall with servers, but i still think Intel was first.
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Yeah, amd had the first monolithic quad, but i believe the first quad of any kind(1x4 or 2x2) was the intel QX6700. But i think amd was first with quad cpu(even though it was 2x dual core) with the, what was it called... Quad FX with the FX-70 wasnt it?
 
The Core 2 Quad-Core processors would be considered Quad-Core processors.

Some differing information in this thread on what was the first Quad-Core processor.
 
well intel had quad core servers out end of 2006, and then the Kenstfield quadcore early 2007. not sure about bomberboy's AMD cpus though.
 
Jamin43 said:
Is that what the Core 2 Quad processors are :confused:

And the newer I7 is the actual real quad core processor ??
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Yeah, Intel just put 2 dual core chips on the same die. i7 is monolith quad core, all 4 single cores on it, each on able to hyperthread, so it's an effective 8 threads.
 
Thanks for the information. The Core 2 Quad QX6700 processor was the first Quad-Core released in November 2006.

Anyone know when the AMD Quad-Core processor was released and what it was?
 
2048Megabytes said:
Thanks for the information. The Core 2 Quad QX6700 processor was the first Quad-Core released in November 2006.

Anyone know when the AMD Quad-Core processor was released and what it was?
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First true AMD quad was the phenom, but previously amd had a dual processor (FX-70/72/74) dual socket motherboard config known as quad fx, or more commonly 4x4.
 
Nope, 2006, technology has come a long way, just to think in only 2004 we only had prescott which sucked, and by 2006 had quadcore core 2's.
 
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