Intrinsity Claims 2.2 Ghz Chip

PowerMacDaddy writes "Over at SiliconValley.com there's an article about an Ausin, TX startup named Intrinsity that has unveiled a new chip that utilizes a new logic process with conventional fab processes to acheive a 2.2GHz clock rate. The company is headed by former Texas Instruments and Apple Computer microprocessor developer Paul Nixon. The real question is, is this all FUD, will the real-world performance be part of The Megahertz Myth, or is this thing for real?"

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So what?

[Achilleas]

Ok, but it is not a Pentium CPU. I can not run Linux or Windows on it. So it is useless. And it will also be useless in the future, because it is highly unlikely Intel or AMD will licence this technology. Not only that, but Intel is far ahead of 2.2 MHz. They just do not show the technology to the public right now, because they must sell the current generation of processors.

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Why is everything non-Apple a myth?

[Anonymous Coward]

You accept the 'MHz myth' with no knowledge of the totally rigged Photoshop demos Stevie demonstrates, yet you are faaaaaaaaaaar to rational and objective to let these technological heavy-weights make silly claims about fast microchips. Good thinking, because they might lie like every other corporation out there except for Apple does.

Newsflash - the MHz Myth is the myth. It's marketing hype to convince mac buyers their slow computers can compete. They are generally more capable clock-for-clock, but the overall performance is far from 'supercomputer' and comes with a hefty translucent tax. Powerbooks are a notable exception, but until the rest of the line begins to show SOME value like those, most (other) people will see right through the translucent marketing BS.