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CR6
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Canada
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 Posted - 01/17/2003 : 08:09:59 AM
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According to this report, Intel has completed the design for its newest Prescott CPU which is due in mid-2003. Here are some of the reported specs:
Manufactured on .09 micron process800M Hz FSBImproved Hyper-Threading technologyRumored to have up to 1 MB L2 cachePerhaps a bigger L1 data cache (32 KB? Current P4s are 8 KB)Likely to debut at 3.2 GHz and reach beyond 4 GhzSSE3 instructions
With all these changes, could we see a name change to Pentium 5? |
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Talon
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Olympia, WA USA
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Posted - 01/17/2003 : 09:19:26 AM
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| 4Ghz!? My computer is practically brand new and it's only got a 2.0Ghz; Geez. Intel has a lead foot in their R+D room |
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sniper
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USA
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chrispix
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dallas, tx, usa
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Posted - 01/18/2003 : 07:57:17 AM
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Hmm Pentium 5.. I think Intel got stuck on a good name.. here was the nameing convention for their chips starting at (almost the begginning)
8088 8086 286 386 486 586(Pentium, pentium2, pentium3).. When are they gonna come out w/ the sextium? |
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CR6
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - 01/20/2003 : 2:44:57 PM
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>When are they gonna come out w/ the sextium?
If I'm not mistaken, the "Pentium Pro" chip was the first time the 686 architecture was used, which was later applied to the Pentium II and III. The current Pentium 4's and AMD K7'S are 786 architecture already. So really, the next chip should be called the "Octium" (AMD already has code-named their 886 cpu the "Hammer")
http://www.teccollege.com/yaple/microhardware/intelcpu.htm |
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New Intel "Prescott" CPU Design Complete
