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New Pentium 5 Details - 5-7ghz?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the redundant-naming-schemes dept.

zymano writes "This article gives some details on Pentium 5. It will have 64 bit extensions and maybe a 4000 mhz frontside bus. Quote from the article,'The Pentium V is likely to fly along at between 5GHz to 7GHz, have 2MB plus of level two cache, be built on a 90 nanometer process, and have a stackable design. '"

3 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. Stackable Design Flaw by QuantumFTL · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stackable designs sound really cool in the sense that you can cut latency between processors (for things like cache coherence) to rediculously small levels, but what about cooling? Cooling ability is roughly proportional to surface area, and two stacked chips will make twice as much heat but have almost the same surface area as only one (as two sides cancel out). This has to be a problem.

    No this is not a troll. I honestly wonder how they expect to accomplish this.

    Anyone know?

    Cheers,
    Justin

  2. Worthless story. by maeka · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The article doesn't say the processor will have 64-bit extensions. The article doesn't say anything.
    Some quotes:
    "The Pentium V is likely..."
    "The processor we believe..."
    "The final design of this arrangement is not set in stone."
    "...details have not been confirmed,..."
    "... the source claimed..."
    "The Pentium V could have..."
    "...although this may be reserved for the next chip along, the Nehalem"

    This isn't news, this is BS speculation.

  3. No point in a 5GHz processor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's no point in raising the speed of the processor to 5GHz if the memory speed (esp. latency) can't keep pace.

    4GHz front-side bus? Yeah, right.