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Intel Tualatin Processors and Motherboard Support?
IntelIntrique asks: "I became intrigued when I learned about the new P3 Tualatin processors with a 512K cache, but was disappointed to learn that they require specific new motherboards to support the chips (Intel claims voltage changes). However, HotHardware features a review where they use one of these new processors in an Intel D815EEA2 motherboard, one that Intel shows as not supporting the new processor. What gives?"
"I have an D815EEA2, and I'd love to grab one of these new processors, but not if it means buying a new motherboard. Is Intel trying to prevent existing motherboard owners from cashing in on this new super chip? Are there any other slashdotters who have tried these new P3's in older motherboards with success? I'm mainly concerned with people using the processors in Intel boards, since it seems as though Intel would be in a unique position to know what types of new chips might be around the corner, and build unofficial support into early board revs."
seems there are slot1 adapters for BX boards in developement here Http://www.powerleap.com/Products/iP3T.htm
Hmm, follows the normal Intel marketing trend. Make new processor, make it use a proprietery motherboard, and clean up on the profits after making everyone else believe that its the fastest thing out there. BUT, won't this backfire? Intel seems to be pushing the "Megahertz Myth" pretty hard. To the average consumer, Pentium 3 1.2 gigahertz is not as good as that pretty new Pentium 4 2 gigahertz processor. We shall see......
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No, it's called a marketing mistake. They should have been truthful in advertising, and then they could have been raking in the dough on the new P3, but now they have to cripple it to save face. It's not capatilism, It's stupidity.
.5 watts. The good thing is that they're playing it right in the corporate/embedded space where they know they can't pull the wool over people's eyes. Intel would have been in serious trouble if they had actually canned the P3 completely. They would have lost alot of business to IBM and Motorola and been left with only the rapidly declining consumer market.
It's especially unfortunate, bucause it'll be a long time if ever before we see another processor that is both as fast as the new P3, and uses only
You're absolutely right that most corporate buyers are happy with the P3 and would/will stay there for as long as possible. Fast enough, battle-tested, and cheap.
.01% of the buyers, and all of those people are currently firmly AMD. Therefore, changing the MB specs is not a consipracy.
Intel's looking a couple years out tho. Right now, the P4 is not compelling (to corporate buyers or gamer/homebrew types), but when it hits 4Ghz, it certainly might be. However, for Intel to get yields at those speeds, they need to have their P4 production lines up and running. Can't do that if they are dinking around making last decade's P6 chips for conservative customers.
Besides, sales are way down right now. Something's gotta go. Cram the P4 down the market's throat to keep it alive, and when the market picks up again, it might be fast enough to encourage a tidal wave of upgrades.
Another thing to consider is that motherboard compatibility for CPU upgrades only matters to
It's kinda neat to see Intel using familiar places in the Northwest as their product names. Willamette (which nobody knows how to pronounce - it's "wil-LAM-et", not "wil-la-MET"), Tualatin... what can we expect next? Multnomah? Clackamas? Columbia perhaps.
:-)
For those of you not familiar with local geography, the Clackamas river flows into the Willamette river (a mile from my house), which flows north through downtown Portland into the Columbia, which of course flows into the Pacific. The Portland metropolitan area spans Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties. Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the country. Most things in the Northwest have either Native American names (mmm, Tillamook cheese), or names that were brought from the east coast by Lewis & Clark, John McLaughlin and other settlers.
Sorry for babbling off-topic.
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