[Kompulsa]

Why didn't they do this sooner?

AMD already has an Operton 16-core processor. I'm not saying that AMD is any better, but I thought Intel would have started selling these from long ago, judging based on the pace of the computer industry.

[Kompulsa]

I take that back, I see that Intel has ten-core commercial processors on the market already.

[moon_of_moon]

More, in fact.

http://ark.intel.com/#@ServerProducts

But your original point is a valid one: AMD introduced desktop 8 core processors a couple of years ago, while this is intels first 8 core desktop processor.