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Intel Releases "Fastest Chip Ever"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cpu-cycles-to-spare dept.

mao che minh writes "From News Factor Network: Intel has released the world's fastest chip ever. The new P4 runs at 3.06GHz, at 3 billion cycles per second. Man, and I'm still squeezing the last bit of life out of my Pentium 233!" Tom's Hardware already has a review up about it, and it looks to live up to most of the hype.

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  1. Overclock it by anonymous+coword · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then you will have THE CHIP FASTER THAN THE FASTEST chip

    Is it fast enough to get fp?

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    1. Re:Overclock it by spruce · · Score: 5, Funny

      So in summary, if you overclock this chip, it will either be slower, or faster, or right in line with what you would expect.

      Thanks!:)

    2. Re:Overclock it by uberdave · · Score: 5, Funny
      I've never heard of overhyped threads, would you care to expound upon that a bit further?
      Threads like "MPAA/RIAA, Content Protection and linking to DeCSS", "Microsoft is taking over the World", and this one.
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  2. fast chip? by AmigaAvenger · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe I'm missing the point, but isn't every new chip the manufcatures release the 'fastest chip ever'

    I remember when the Pentium 200 was the fastest chip ever!

    1. Re:fast chip? by aridhol · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, maybe they should rename it to "The Fastest Chip Ever or Until Someone Else Makes Something Faster", but it just doesn't roll of the tongue the same way.

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    2. Re:fast chip? by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 5, Funny

      You must be new... I can recall the PCWorld issue that reviewed the brand new 286/12 processor (yes that's a screaming 12Mhz, with turbo turned on of course) and the reviewer sayed "It ran so fast it left skid marks on my desktop!". How's that for fast?

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    3. Re:fast chip? by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Funny
      Maybe I'm missing the point, but isn't every new chip the manufcatures release the 'fastest chip ever'
      Yeah, but this one is even faster!
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    4. Re:fast chip? by JonWan · · Score: 5, Funny

      "It ran so fast it left skid marks on my desktop!". How's that for fast?

      Well I guess this one leaves skid marks in your pants.

  3. Re:The real question is... by jonnythan · · Score: 5, Funny

    With 82 watts of heat produced, I don't think you need to overclock it at all for that to happen.

  4. Wow! by darkov · · Score: 5, Funny

    And if they had a 40-stage pipeline they could go to 6GHz! Then I'd be really impressed.

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  5. Too bad by tcd004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It runs so hot that it has to be cooled by the blood of a virgin every hour.

    tcd004

    1. Re:Too bad by fobbman · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're catering to the geek market. That's a large supply of virgins right there.

  6. Congratulations, it's a CPU, and an oven by ka9dgx · · Score: 5, Funny
    So, we have a CPU with an internal clock faster than the 2.5 Ghz in my Microwave oven. Does it come with a carousel to keep the heating even?

    --Mike--

  7. What happened?? by Ec|ipse · · Score: 5, Funny

    So with a 3gig cpu running with 1gig memory and a 100gig of harddrive space. Is this something we can expect?

    User 1 "Did my computer just crash?"
    User 2 "Couldn't tell, happened to fast."

  8. Why? Are you afraid of a fiery inferno? by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Crybaby.

    No Pain, No Gain!

    Feel the burn!

    Be the burn!

  9. GHz vs. Billion Cycles Per Second by Zordak · · Score: 5, Funny
    The new P4 runs at 3.06GHz, at 3 billion cycles per second.
    That's nothing. I hear AMD is going to come out with a 3.06GHz chip that runs at 4 billion cycles per second!
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  10. Re:Intel by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 5, Funny

    X86 is a joke and anyone who is buying a processor these days should just wait and watch, that's what I've been doing since 1998.

    How's that working out for you? ;-)

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  11. Re:82 watts! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intel should run an ad where a family sits around the (Apple) computer in coats and earmuffs, shaking from the cold.. everything blue, with icicles (sp).

    Then switch to a shot of a family in a cozy room, all basking around the glow of a warm intel machine..

    Intel .. Keeps You Warm! (tm)

    Hey, those marketers can sell anything, right?

  12. Re:Should I buy it? by BTWR · · Score: 4, Funny
    As Homer Simpsons once said...

    "Ooh... they have the internet on computers now!"

  13. Re:Personal PC's by cardshark2001 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I don't understand the need to always be on the bleeding edge of technology

    You obviously have not played the leaked doom demo.

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  14. I Smell a Poll... by flogger · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's yer CPU speed?
    []2.8 GHZ+
    []2.5GHZ+
    []1.5 GHZ+
    []1ghz+
    []500Mhz+
    []233 Mhz+
    []Cowboyneal runs the cage the powers my CPU.

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  15. Newsflash! by limekiller4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and in other news, today is the "Latest Day, Ever."

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  16. Re:HT on Linux or FreeBSD... (fixed) by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like you're hyperthreading already! ;)

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  17. Re:Personal PC's by ActiveSX · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just installed win98 on a computer for a friend (i am a mac user now)

    I would be too after an experience like that.

  18. skid marks by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny
    "It ran so fast it left skid marks on my desktop!". How's that for fast?
    Well I guess this one leaves skid marks in your pants.

    No, that's a different kind of chip, mostly the kind made with olestra.

    This is a chip from intel, so it leaves skid marks in your wallet.

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