Intel is finalizing its first processors made with the new 32nm technology. The first series of processors is code named Clarkdale and it will house both Core i5 and Core i3 CPUs. We have seen some attempts of overclocking Intel's first 32nm CPUs but now some more serious attempts have appeared showing much promise for the future.
At Romanian hardware forum Lab501 results with an overclocked Core i5 650 CPU sitting in a Gigabyte P55 motherboard cooled by a regular Noctua NH-U12P air cooler was posted, where the CPU was running at 4.70GHz (25 x 188MHz) (via TPU). Thus just regular air cooling and only 1.424V.
Core i5 650 regularly operates at 3.20GHz and that a processor that is not ready for commercial launch can overclock by nearly 50% is nothing but impressive.
With an ambient temperature of 24°C the two cores of the processor reached temperatures of 77 and 68°C respectively after running through a 30min long Prime95 test.
Clarkdale and other 32nm processors are not intended to launch before Q1 2010 but if we are to draw any conclusions from this it's that Intel is in full control of its new manufacturing process.
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32nm Clarkdale Core i5-650 CPU reaches 4.7GHz with air cooling
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