Glimpses of the Future from the Intel Developer Forum

km790816 writes: "Lots of cool stuff on CNet about the Intel Developer Forum, including the next version of the P4, followed by 3GIO on the desktop (1st version 0.5 gigabytes per second of data-transfer capacity but bumps up to 1, 2, 4 and 8 gigabytes per second with the use of more wires.), and Intel's work to embed wireless in silicon. Quote from the CTO: 'We could get it to the point where radios are built into every product we make, giving every device seamless, roaming connectivity. You will see orders of magnitude of cost (decreases) through integration into silicon.'"

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Banias?

[d5w]

What information, factoids or rumors have been around about Banias (mentioned briefly in the press piece)? A quick search found only the following:

• It's an ultra-low-power x86 chip line.
• It's due in 2003.
• It's not based on the P-4 core, but is a fresh design, possibly related to the P6 core. (Boy, that's a bad pair of abbreviations, but you know what I mean.)
• It probably has a completely redesigned instruction decoder; I found some mention of combining instructions into common bundles.
• It's capable of turning off unused portions of the chip to save power.
• It's intended for laptops and blades (of course).
• It's being designed in Israel.

That's a slim set of factoids; anyone have any more? Or any corrections?

Prescott?

[HuskyDog]

What does the word Prescott mean to folks in the USA?

In the UK it means only one thing, and that is John Prescott the deputy prime minister (roughly the equivalent of Dick Cheyney). By the admitidly low standard of politicians he is quite a character. He single handedly made the last general election interesting by punching a voter who was stupid enough to throw an egg at him (when choosing your egg target, don't choose one who used to earn spare cash by bare knuckle boxing!).

I can't decide if the phrase "Prescott PC" would be good for sales or not. I guess it might suggest a machine with a bit of punch!