10GHz CPU Question

[FireFox]

Has a CPU ever hit 10GHz?

[Owen]

None that consumers can buy for sure - who knows when it comes to super computers though. It's funny because Intel said they would have 10ghz cpus by 2011 a long time ago

[sk8ermanblue]

not yet. for a consumer model.

[Oisin Maguire]

ive heard of ones over 8Ghz but not 10Ghz 

{if your going to try it though id recommend a single core and some liquid helium}

[sk8ermanblue]

None that consumers can buy for sure - who knows when it comes to super computers though. It's funny because Intel said they would have 10ghz cpus by 2011 a long time ago

well they did say this before thier processors had multiple cores. Im pretty sure AMD and Intel can make a single Core processor that will run at 10ghz or higher, but that doesn't amount to any real world applications. maybe in the future with different technologies that are still to come out it will be better speeds.

[FireFox]

ive heard of ones over 8Ghz but not 10Ghz 

{if your going to try it though id recommend a single core and some liquid helium}

 

I wasn't planning on trying it but curiousity got the better of me

[Andi]

in 2002 intel showed some special 10GHz cpus at ISSCC, but i don't think they could do that much.

 

Highest clockspeed ever on a normal retail model is 5GHz with some IBM CPU as far as i know.

[winny3141]

To what I know of overclocking, the record on the AMD side was achieved by Andre Yang on an 8350 @ 8.794 GHz. On the new Haswell CPUs, it is rumored that the Intel Core i7 4770k can be overclocked up to 8 GHz (which is where the Intel CPU locks itself and doesn't allow any more overclocking).

 

Source:

http://www.theoverclocker.com/andre-yang-sets-new-global-cpu-frequency-world-record-amd-fx-8350-at-8-794-ghz/

 

Hope that Helped!

 

- winny3141 :D

[Art Vandelay]

Haswell CPUs have a limit, with their multi and bclk maxed, of something like 9 GHz; Ivy and Sandy are even lower because of their lack of bclk.

[CarDesinr]

There was a small company/science team a few years back that, I can't remember the name of, developed a single core running at something ridiculous like 30 Ghz. Definitely no consumer grade since it was a custom 1 off CPU and Motherboard. It had this crazy liquid nitrogen cooling system as well. Man I wish I could find the site again.......

[EricX2]

Apparently they thought we'd be there by 2011... article from 2010.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/where_are_intels_10ghz_processors_hiding

 

I bet we'll be using different technology before we ever reach 10ghz with the current type. Either quantum computing or something that hasn't even been invented yet. 10GHz with current technology just doesn't seem likely to me, at least not in mass production.

[That Norwegian Guy]

It's funny because Intel said they would have 10ghz cpus by 2011 a long time ago

 

They probably would have, if they didn't get sidetracked and unfocused because of mobile processing and iGPU nonsense.

[Lukiose]

"If 10GHz is the best that Intel can do by 2011, AMD or somebody else is going to eat their lunch,"

Well they were pretty far off on that weren't they, roll eyes

[joelthezombie15]

didnt a haswell hit 11 or am i full of crap?

[FireFox]

There was a small company/science team a few years back that, I can't remember the name of, developed a single core running at something ridiculous like 30 Ghz. Definitely no consumer grade since it was a custom 1 off CPU and Motherboard. It had this crazy liquid nitrogen cooling system as well. Man I wish I could find the site again.......

 

Jesus, even with liquid nitrogen cooling I wonder how hot it got lol

[Hans Christian | Teri]

You can always find the highest valid clocks on consumer CPU's >here<. Andre Yang does indeed currently hold the record with his AMD FX-8350 running 8794.33MHz.

[Nickz]

Intel said that the netburst chips would hit 10ghz, but it never made it past 3.8 because of thermal reasons (although cedar mill P4's are REALLY cool running chips). I think the P4 had a 8 something record for a while (P4 631, also a cedar mill core), but was lost when the original CPU overclock database was killed (ripping.org).

 

There was a screenshot of an AMD FX chip at 9ghz but was dismissed because it was a glitch in CPUZ.

[TechTheWorld]

Maybe. I mean you could get it to 20ghz...but it would be glowing hot and would not work...