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Intel's Big Chip

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-so-micro-after-all dept.

DeadBugs writes "News.com has an article about the size of the upcoming revision for the Itanium. The "McKinley" chip will be 464 square millimeters which would make it one of the largest ever produced. Most of this is due to the 64 bit registers and 3MB of Level 3 Cache. There is also a link to an article about "Chivano" an Itanium which will include concepts from the Alpha architecture"

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  1. Die size war? by Guitarzan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this the start of the manly "Mine is bigger than yours" battle?

  2. Re:big chip... big fan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nope. I'm already moving on this issue, with the assistance of several eager venture capitalists.

    We're going to start up a business modifying Sears deep freezers, providing a means of placing a PC directly into it.

    Although your entire computer system will be the size of a bathtub and double your electric bill, you WILL be able to use PC's based on these new CPU's.

    We're also going to figure out how to work rain forest defoliation into the process.

  3. Coffee warmer built-in! by Insightfill · · Score: 3, Funny

    At that size, a smallish mug should fit nicely on it. No use wasting all that heat!

    1. Re:Coffee warmer built-in! by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      At that size, a smallish mug should fit nicely on it

      Now, someone needs to figure out how to mount it on the CD/DVD tray, so the cup-holder will be heated.

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  4. That's Almost 3 bits per millimetre! by Bobzibub · · Score: 3, Funny

    "464 square millimeters which would make it one of the largest ever produced....due to the 64 bit registers." 464^.5=21.54mm a side.
    64bits/21.54mm=2.97 bits/mm

    They've GOT to start using smaller wavelengths!

  5. Re:Itanium at 1.6 GHz in 2003 ? by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

    4ghz of Hot P4 Action

    I'm sorry, but I just got the mental image of the geek pr0n site that would use this tagline!

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