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Intel's Big Chip
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"
so 21.5 mm to a side? Thats barely over 4 square centimeters... physically smaller than the pentium 75 I just threw away? Or does this not count the housing or whatever where the pins and heatsink and everything else are mounted? I don't follow.
> Another analyst said, "Jesus, that's big."
I love the reporting style, this is GREAT!
This line also appeared in the article about my [censored].
lysergically yours
And Jesus did respond, "Yea, verily it is indeed the proof that I am the son of God."
Heheh, sorry, I couldn't resist.
I may be wrong, but I'm never uncertain.
Did anyone bother getting the Diamond Mako?
It's a Psion Revo sold by Diamond with no real difference to the Revo other than the name.
I picked mine up for $100 from TigerDirect, and promptly lost it in under 2 months. But it was great while it lasted.
In Soviet Russia, the television watches YOU!
No, those started years ago with monitors. Everyone wants more inches than everyone else. I am proud to say that I weigh in heavily after a $700 upgrade at 19 inches, measured totally straight as a rod!! No more substandard curved surface for my hardware. (Joke: I'm talking about flatscreen monitors versus the traditional curved screen ones.)
Has anybody tried this thing out yet?
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I agree with this post, i'm at 0, and each time i'm tempted to move back, it's not for long. This is an interesting social experiment on why good is better than bad. At present, good wins.
Microsoft - Where would you like to go today, Maybe Jail?