Itanium Update

NegaMaxAlphaBeta writes: "For those of you interested in Intel's Itanium 64 bit processor, EETimes has a nice update article to let us know what's happening with this beast. With an 8 stage pipeline, as opposed to the 20 stage pipeline in the P4, clock frequencies are obviously not as high (~1 GHz). Other notable numbers extracted from the article: 130 Watts power consumption, 328 registers, 6 MB of onchip L3 cache ... quite nice (well, not the power thing). I'm sure many people can appreciate 64 bit integer ops; for me, it means single instruction xor for the 64 bit hash codes used in chess transposition tables."

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With an 8 stage pipeline, as opposed to the 20 stage pipeline in the P4, clock frequencies are obviously not as high (~1 GHz).
This beast has a small wang... its not the size that counts, but how you use it. (no giggling from the girls damn't)

130 Watts power consumption...
Who needs space heaters anyway?

...6mb of on die cache...
OY! Hold your wallet tight, not for the light bank accounted!

I'm sure many people can appreciate 64 bit integer ops; for me, it means single instruction xor for the 64 bit hash codes used in chess transposition tables.

Not quite what the intel boys will be using in their next commercial. However, the wizards in marketing will be stressing the enhanced features of porn browsing. The fourth blue intel commando will be a scantily clad woman... further emphasizing the need for this processor which will not just make the internet faster, but will speed on your favorite pron sights.