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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. '"

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  1. The next chip called Nehalem by drkich · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it me or would you pronounce that "Nail 'em"? A dig at AMD perhaps?

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  2. are you serious? by tomstdenis · · Score: 5, Funny

    This article is all speculation...

    Ok here, um the next AMD processors will be faster than before, have more cache, maybe some new instructions [doworkNow! then doworkNow! (ext)].

    I must be an AMD insider now, l33t l33t !

    Tom

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  3. 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

  4. The new processor will go from 5-7 GHz... by NorthWoodsman · · Score: 5, Funny

    but will actually perform the same as a 2.5 GHz Athlon

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  5. 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.

  6. Yeah but will it actually feel faster? by localman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I swear that the PIV 2.4 Ghz machines I've used are no faster that some of the P III 1 Ghz boxes I've used. We upgraded all our development boxes at work this way and there was hardly any notable improvement... yes, the memory is tricked out so we're not having swapping issues. But you run apache, mysql, and X on one of them and it just doesn't seem like an improvement.

    Are they doing a direct trade off where they ramp up the clockspeed and break the instructions down so that less is getting done per clock or something?

    Cheers.

  7. 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.