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Posted by michael on from the build-a-better-heatsink dept.

msolnik writes: "Whether you say "0.13-micron" as most of us do, or "130-nanometer" as PR flacks prefer, the phrase is weighing heavily on both Intel's and AMD's minds. Indeed, each company's timeline in reaching that mark may determine who calls the CPU shots in 2002. Read more here at Hardware Central." Other submitters noted that AMD and Motorola have both updated their development roadmaps.

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  1. Intel 4004 anno 1971 by Hougaard · · Score: 5, Informative
    The 4004 consists of 2,300 transistors based on 10 micron technology fitting on a 12mm2 area.The microprocessor has 46 instructions. The 4040 is an enhanced version of the 4004, adding 14 instructions, larger stack (8 levels) and 8K program space. It can address 640 bytes. Documentation is written by Adam Osborne. The chip is introduced to the public in Las Vegas by Wayne Pickette. The sales price will be US$ 200 per piece.


    This was the news of 1971

    1. Re:Intel 4004 anno 1971 by Hougaard · · Score: 2, Informative

      76.923076923, but the interesting thing is, that its both horizontal and vertical so its actually 5917.1597633 times better on the same square-inch.

  2. Re:Smaller die == less heat? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Smaller die = smaller circuits
    Smaller circuits use less power and generate less heat.

  3. Re:Mac Hype by Spruitje · · Score: 3, Informative


    bloody hell, they really are hyping the G5, and they haven't got any confirmation of what technologies it will use, they simply assume that motorola's latest chip will be the basis, how much would you have to pay for a mac for them to make returns on their production process?


    Well, actually.. A G5 powermac will cost almost the same as the current G4 machines.
    The PPC8500 is a 64 bits processor which is 100% backwards compatible.
    I've seen some preliminary SpecFP and SpecINT figures and if those are correct a PPC8500 running at 1,6 Ghz is equal to a P4 running at 3 Ghz.
    It is twice as fast as a Itanium running at 80 Mhz. and uses only 15 watts peak.
    Compare that with around 60 watts for a P4 running at 2 Ghz..
    The difference with this chip is, that most of design work was done by Apple itself.
    This chip uses 0.13 micron technology and SOI.
    So ,actually the dye size is almost equal to that of the G4 which means that it will cost almost the same.
    Don't forget that the PowerPC chip is based on the Power architecture of IBM.

  4. Cyrix and Transmeta by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yawn. Another article purely pushing Intel's and AMD's chips going another notch in clock speed. In the meantime, Cyrix and Transmeta have both shipped CPUs based on new cores, the Cyrix one at .13 micron, and no one bothers to mention it.

  5. Did the 64-bit AMD technology slip? by Animats · · Score: 3, Informative
    The AMD roadmap shows their 64-bit CPU in late 2002. Is that a delay from previous announcements?

    That's too late. They need it sooner to compete with the Inanium.