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Intel's Tualatin P3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-happens-when-ndas-expire dept.

DavoKid writes: "Intel rolls out the .13 micron Pentium III processor based on the Tualatin core at 1.2GHz. This chip really shines and overclocks to 1.47GHz. The benchmarks are fairly impressive too! Reviews at: HotHardware, Anandtech, and Tech Report." Also given plenty of attention is Intel's new D815EEA2 motherboard, since that appears to be about the only choice for the new chip. The consensus seems to be that this chip is at least intended to be "the new Celeron," but marketed also as a power-frugal chip to impress server-farms with electrical savings.

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  1. New names for Intel... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    use strict;

    my @a = ('Pen', 'Cel', 'Vag', 'Ner', 'Tua', 'Fel');
    my @b = ('ti', 'ta', 'uni', 'lat', 'ino', 'tro', 'tra');
    my @c = ('um', 'in', 'an', 'on', 'am', 'im', 'io');

    print $a[rand($#a)].$b[rand($#b)].$c[rand($#c)]."\n";
    1. Re:New names for Intel... by Chundra · · Score: 5

      Or Vaginoan. Hmm. Greetings Intel executive I am a Vaginoan, I have travelled across the galaxy to bring you this Fellatio.
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    2. Re:New names for Intel... by Dr.+Prakash+Kothari · · Score: 5

      Where can I get the new Intel Fellatio?

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  2. Re:Multi Processor Boxes by Mr.+Quick · · Score: 5

    thursday

  3. Re:Uhh... by Chundra · · Score: 5

    Sounds like some new allergy medication. Ask your doctor if Tualatin is right for you. (Side effects include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, headaches, dizziness, bloody noses, and chronic rashes. During clinical trials some patients experienced arcs of electricity emanating from their nipples.)
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  4. New PIII hampered by old-tech FPU by MtViewGuy · · Score: 4

    Judging from reading the Anandtech review of the new 1,200 MHz Pentium III CPU, I think the problem is that the CPU--while it is very fast indeed--still sports the older-style FPU unit. The result is that the new CPU compares poorly to the Athlon CPU, which processes three FPU instructions per CPU cycle compared one instruction per CPU cycle on PIII's.

    The poor FPU performance is why I don't think there will be much interest in the new CPU, especially since the 1,200 MHz Athlon CPU will substantially out-perform the new PIII CPU with any application that is FPU-intensive such as CAD and illustration programs.

  5. Core chips. by Dwain_Snyders · · Score: 4
    Intel's announcement is a bit misleading, while this chip is certainly nothing to sneeze at (looking comparitively at their other offerings) in the power-saving department, it lacks pure power due to the new core.

    At AMD, the latest generation of chips are currently being designed with flow-through core transistors, so it'll really be more like a "smart capacitor" than a integrated circuit, like most CPUs. I have been tasked with writing the VLIW compiler for the new chips, and I can tell you that they really do fly, and use less power than teh traditional Athlon/Duron series, while retaining the power and in fact doing a lot of optimisation thanks to the new VLIW instructions that are being ingrained into the core.

    All I can say is, folks, look out for this one. It will be hot. (but not because of excessive power consumption :))

    Dwain Snyders

    Research and Development, AMD
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  6. Re:so small! by hoggoth · · Score: 5
    >i feel outdated that my chip is .18 micron.
    Don't feel bad... my "chip" is only 4"
    Oh God... you're all talking about microprocessors... I thought you were talking about... I'm so embarrassed...

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