Intel Delays Dual-Core Processor, Plans New Server Chip

Kajakske writes "Intel said Thursday that it is pushing back the release of its first dual-core processor by a year to 2005 and adding a new microprocessor for servers to its Itanium II lineup. On the other hand, Intel is moving forward in the area of new technologies."

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thanks for the explanation

[gripdamage]

The Santa Clara, California-based company is the leading maker of processors, which serve as the brains of computers.

And then there are the customers, who consume these processors like living dead zombies animated by radiation from outer space.

Why Intel when there's better?

[rice_burners_suck]

Who needs the Intel chip when the one manufactured by Fukencomputen in Germany is about 10 times faster and uses less than 1/3 of the power? It seriously doesn't make sense to continue supporting the giant squid Intel while they crush their competitors who make superior products.

Re:Names

[gnalre]

I wonder if the Prescott was named after our beloved Deputy Prime Minister in the UK. A man whose main claims to fame is hitting protestors and uttering sentences Pres. Bush would blush at.

Is there a reason Intel have named it so. We deserve to know!!!

Re:How does hyperthreading differ?

[nuintari]

So, can I have both? Buy two hyperthreaded chips and stick em int he same board, and get an even weirder inneficient speed increase. Or would writing a scheduler to handle it be too hard, virtual chips on top of two real chips, I imagine it could appear to look like 4 way smp when in reality its 2 way weird smp. I unno, I want one!

From the article..

[grub]

The Santa Clara, California-based company is the leading maker of processors, which serve as the brains of computers.

Ah, so that's what those things do..