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What type(s) of performance improvements to expect between architectures using QPI versus a FSB?

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While comparing Intel's two new i7 processors, I noticed that the only difference between them apart from the L3 cache size and CPU speed is that one has QuickPath Interconnect, and that seems to account for most of the massive price difference between the two ($600 vs $1000). I'm not interested in…

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The QuickPath Architecture increases the bandwidth between physical processors, memory and I/O in (at least) three ways: The memory controllers are moved from the chipset into the CPU, shortening the path from each processor to RAM, and preventing d…

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