what i have learned is that it is supposted to be launched early in 2007...
it is no longer a 45nm part, it is 65nm... 4 cores... AMD needs to be scared...
It is planned that it will arrive with vista, it will be having 2 x 4MB of L2 cache which is essentially 2 Conroe cores on the same package. The successor to Kentsfield, a Quad Core processor slated for later date will have 8MB of shared L2 cache. Intel is currently working with game developers to improve performance on multi-core processors.
Knetsfield is baisically 2 conroe dual-core proceesors in one...
it's "rival processor" is supposed to be the FX-62, and here is a snipet from an article about this processor battle:
"Come June, AMD will be launching their FX62 processor at Computex. The FX62 will be a Socket AM2-only dual-core part, probably featuring an Opteron-like 4 MB L3 cache. The idea is that with software still not being extensively multi-threaded, the big cache will offset the four-core advantage that Kentsfield will have.
We are now entering a new stage in the longest-running CPU battle in existence. Now armed with low-power, high-performance, multi-core parts, Intel has once again become a formidable enemy. On the other hand, AMD has the advantage of a very good bus design that has had plenty of time to mature, as well as some probable tweaking headroom in their Athlon 64 series.
Though my gaming days are over, I have to admit that four cores in a notebook are a drool-worthy suggestion. I'm happy with my measly little 1.33 GHz PowerPC G4, but it might be nice to break out Unreal Tournament 2007 on the Skytrain occassionally. ;-)"
so that is all i know... i want to find out about clock speeds and price!!! and more any of this availible???
Edit: about the FX-62 i have heard rumors that it is supposed to get up to clock speeds of around 4GHz
