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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"

18 of 282 comments (clear)

  1. fp ? by Captain+Peacock · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. first post, heteros by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you want me.

    1. Re:first post, heteros by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      I'll want you if you can point me to a reasonably priced holiday trip to Australia.

      Even New Zealand would do, actually.

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  3. poot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is pure SLOP.

  4. Large? by anti-snot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

  5. "JESUS, that's big" by Transient0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > 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].

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  6. Re:Nice review. by Flarg! · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Jesus, that's big."

    And Jesus did respond, "Yea, verily it is indeed the proof that I am the son of God."

    Heheh, sorry, I couldn't resist.

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  7. hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i have just poured a bowl of hot grits down my pants !

    thank you

  8. W00t W00t!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NE 20
    STL 17.

    One for the ages, baby! 14.5 point spread my ass!!

    1. Re:W00t W00t!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You can't mod down the truth. Rams got owned by the Cinderella team of destiny!!!!

    2. Re:W00t W00t!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      (Score: -1, True)

  9. Re:Intel's new marketing strategy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    off topic???

  10. Diamon Mako? by FileNotFound · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

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  11. Re:CmdrtTaco is Terrorist!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's gonna be a troll division, soon. Those who page-widen, and the smart ones.

  12. "Big Package" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...and we all know CmdrTaco LOVES a "Big Package"!

  13. Re:Die size war? by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Is this the start of the manly "Mine is bigger than yours" battle?

    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.)

  14. Re:Intel icc w4r3z by scottj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has anybody tried this thing out yet?

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  15. Re:CmdrtTaco is Terrorist!!! by (outer-limits) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

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