Intel is releasing today its most high-end CPU to date, the Core i7-3960X (3.3 GHz), codename "Sandy Bridge-E," based on the new socket 2011 platform and supporting quad-channel architecture.

Here is a snippet: "Intel is releasing today its most high-end computing platform, the socket 2011 (LGA2011) platform for a new generation of Core i7 processors codenamed "Sandy Bridge-E," which support the new quad-channel memory architecture. The top-of-the-line model is the Core i7-3960X, which comes with a base clock of 3.3 GHz, Turbo Boost technology pumping the CPU clock up to 3.9 GHz when performance is needed, six processing cores with Hyper-Threading technology, and more. Let's see how this beast performs."



Link: Hardwaresecrets