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Intel Chips For The Near- And Semi-Near Future

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-when-i-was-a-boy dept.

Brian writes "This article reports that Intel will release new chips at the Comdex trade show, its first low-power designs for super-thin servers. The new Pentium III model is a gussied-up chip taken from the company's product line for portable computers, which share many of the same constraints as ultradense servers. These systems can't consume as much power or give off as much heat as ordinary CPUs because overheating causes processing errors. The systems are the first swing of a one-two punch against Transmeta, whose low-power designs caught Intel flat-footed, first in the mobile market and then in the low-power server market. Intel now is fighting back just when most server companies using Transmeta chips are on the ropes." And albat0r writes: "Intel says that it will hit 3GHz on the mainstream Pentium 4 by the end of 2002. Intel will advance its Celeron line, currently based on Pentium III technology, with Pentium 4 technology by mid-2002." I look forward to good values on eBay when 2GHz is "obsolete."

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  1. Intel performance by Spootnik · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Their current roadmap still has them at 2.4Ghz next summer. At that rate, I seriously doubt they will have a 3Ghz out before the end of the year. I bet 3Ghz isnt released until some time near the end of the first half of 2003.

    Intel demonstrated a Northwood P4 running at 3Ghz with _supercooling_. (it actually got up to 3.5Ghz, but the demos were run at 3Ghz). Who the hell told you Intel had a P4 running at 5Ghz? Yeah, they could probably make it to 10Ghz within 3 years pretty easily if they use the same design concept behind the current P4. Maybe they will increase the pipeline to 40 stages and get there even faster!

    Oh boy.. Clock speed isn't everything. The P4 architecture is brilliant for a company trying to sell their CPUs to people like you. The chips are a hell of a lot easier to market when people just look at the clock speed. Rambus has little to do with being able to run between 3 and 10Ghz. Intel just doesnt want to admit that after spending all this time doing nothing but saying RDRAM is the only way.

    AMD already has .13 capability and the new SOI technology to go with it. They will be sampling Thoroughbred processors next quarter.

  2. Re:nVidia nForce just about to hit the market by Spootnik · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Putting the 2MX core on that board is a clear sign of intent at creating an integrated gaming machine (it is the largest market for 3D applications by a _long_ way). Nvidia haven't had a problem targetting the higher end before now, so why are they just utterly ignoring it now? CaseyB ate my balls. I'm not saying the current nForce is a bad idea, but it is a little late and I fear the target market have already just bought 2MX's instead.

    nVidia's strategy is clear though. Get 2MX's on the desktop so people can see 3D game show they might be, then sit back and wait for the next gen GF3 and X-box ports to come along, and suddenly your now switched on to 3D audience wants GeForce 3.