While Intel’s Nehalem (Core i7) processors are yet to arrive, there are now rumors that Intel is currently working on new processors code-named “Sandy Bridge” and “Haswell” processors which will be delivered in 2010 and 2012 respectively. According to the leaked slides obtained by CanardPlus, the upcoming processors will double the number of cores per chip and add a brand new language for specialized code.

The code-named Sandy Bridge processor according to rumors will be made using 32nm process technology sometime in 2010. It will be a six-core processor with 512KB of L2 cache per core as well as 16MB of L3 cache. This means that the processor will have a total of  20MB of cache which is a very unprecedented cache capacity for a desktop-class processor.

The code-named Haswell processor according to rumors will be made using 22nm process technology, will feature  eight cores, new cache design and a new energy-saving functions. The Haswell processor will also support the ability to both add and multiply in a single instruction, resulting in much more simplified code than the current processors which can only perform one type of math operation at a time.

Well, as of posting time, these information are just rumors, I hope that Intel will say something, perhaps confirm if these rumors are true during next week’s  Intel Developer Forum, which is focused on the Intel Core i7 processor.

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