Gulftown[1] or Westmere-E[2] is the codename of an up to six-core hyperthreaded Intel processor able to run up to 12 threads in parallel.
Despite having 50% more transistors, the CPU strongly benefits from the 32-nm process, drawing the same or even less power (depending on the operating system) than its Bloomfield predecessors with merely four cores.
The thermal design power (TDP) of all planned models is stated to be 130 watts.
Since 2014, Xeon 3600 and 5600 series Westmere-EP processors became somewhat sought-after as an upgrade route for older X58 motherboards.
With proper BIOS support and the correct supporting components, many users have reported substantial overclocking potential, often as high as 4.4 GHz while staying within Intel's maximum allowed voltages (no higher than 1.35v for the core or the uncore)[9]