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Intel Northwood CPU Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the king-of-the-hill dept.

gcshaw2nd writes: "Here it is, the first hands-on review I've seen of Intel's new Northwood chip, running at two gigahertz. It overclocks like a hog, easily to 2.5Ghz."

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  1. 2 Ghz CPU or marketing BS ? by J.D.+Hogg · · Score: 5, Funny
    Richard, Intel's VP of marketing : John, we need to produce higher gogohertz CPUs, other CPU manufacturers are creaming us right now.
    John, Intel's VP of engineering : You mean "gigahertz" I 'spose : well, we can't, CPU core designs are reaching their limits. Technically, it's not very realistic you know.
    Richard : Who's talking about technical stuffs here ? I mean, just crank up the gogohertz man, we need more hype fast.
    John How about if we designed synchronous processors instead ? now *that* would be sexy.
    Richard : You mean hotter than more gogohertz ?
    John : Sure, it would impress the technical crowd, and we'd have a real actual breakthrough in CPU design in less than 5 year. That's pretty hot, I'd say.
    Richard : Yeah, well, tech people are nice, but the Joe Sixpacks who walk into Fry's and buy a new PC, they want more gogohertz.
    John : *sigh* Well, I guess we could double the clock and put a frequency divider inside the CPU ...

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