Intel presents Self Tuning processor
 

Intel has presented a new processor design that uses Self Tuning. In short this means that processor optimizes itself for its intended use, according to several parameters like clock frequency, voltage and temperature. Both CPU core and cache memory comes with a chip for troubleshooting that directly notices if anything is wrong and automatically adjusts the properties of the processor to reduce the chance of damage or crash.

The technology enables processors to operate, more or less, with optimal performance and power consumption automatically. Would it be hot in the summer and the CPU temperature rises the temperature can clock down, or cold in the Winter it can increase performance, much like an advanced version of Intel's Turbo Boost technology.

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,10027.html

Average Joe gets automatic overclocking, the complete package.

Nothing special in my humble opinion. Just more advanced turbo mode.

OCing will not get more mainstream , quite a difference compared to a few years back when any change in FSB/Multi was strictly controlled by CPU, Motherboard and BIOS.

OCing will or will not get more ... ?

OCing will not get more mainstream

:)

with a CPU that auto overclocks, and overvolts; what more is there to tweak?

memory, memory controller, vga card, pci-e ...

I knew you were going to come with that... but memory speed doesn't matter

memory and memory controller hasn't had a significant impact since Athlon XP and Pentium 4 northwood. don't see this changing anytime soon, current CPU infrastructure is far from bandwidth starved.

VGA has already passed the self-tuning stage, pre-overclocked editions are nothing new anymore, OC on VGA has been around for quite some time now. VGA have gone to the next stage; it's as if Intel would be selling pre-overclocked CPUs ;)

no no, teh fun and advantage of overclocking your hardware to get a faster PC for less money has been going down the drain; mainstream OC is for PR another way to get money from PC enthusiasts. In the past OCing was a way to spare some money, OCing a Celeron 300 to 600Mhz did actually double your overall PC performance. Nowadays you can't even see the difference between a C2D system running stock 3ghz or OC'ed to 5Ghz, without resorting to benchmarks.

For some, yes. I'd say today it is more of a way to extend the value of whatever CPU is purchased.

Hyperbole much? :D I agree on the principle, I wouldn't notice 500Mhz overclocks anymore. But I do easily notice a 1.54Ghz overclock, and I don't even use an SSD yet. Maybe you don't play enough FPS shooters... :p


I do agree with JMKe in that overclocking the GPU is almost all hype at this point. GPU's are so tightly binned to make factory overclocked models that stable OCing is usually minimal on them... to be expected when 3 to as many as 5 factory-overclocked versions of the same model exist at the same time.

PCIe overclocking has minimal impact with huge stability repercussions, almost the same with RAM unfortunately. The only thing I had serious fun overclocking was my CPU... only a little fun with the GPU.

At any rate, a more self-aware CPU would be a step ahead... being able to make adjustments or change setting to the tuning program would be great, not to mention actual info that something was marginally unstable at the physical level...

in that case you would clock your CPU to match that of a more expensive CPU. With auto OC you buy Core i5 and get Core i7 performance;)

don't know what FPS shooters have to do with this... ? name your poison:)

for the "masses" ;)