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Intel to Increase Stages in Prescott
Alizarin Erythrosin writes "Further contributing to the MHz Myth, The Register and ZDNet are reporting that the new P4 core, codenamed Prescott, will have a longer pipeline then Northwood. No official numbers have been released, but The Reg is saying an Intel spokesman said that 30 stages seems to be a reasonable estimate. As most of us know, a longer pipeline can lead to slowdowns in the form of branch mispredictions and pipeline stalls. 'And just as the PIII proved faster than the early P4s in some applications, it's likely that Northwood will similarly prove faster than Prescott, which has clearly been designed for speeds of the order of 4GHz.'"
If you were to use SSE2 you would see an incredible performance boost.
Yep, Intel's really blown it. They only turn over billions of dollars and actually make a profit, they have huge cash reserves and have by far the largest shares of their main markets.
But dammit, AMD makes a good CPU, right?
Clearly P4EE is based on 32-bit. Just as clearly, even with its 64-bit internals, Athlon-64 FX still can't outperform the 32-bit processor. Moreover, as noted earlier, on geek.com, if you except Linux, there is no 64-bit OS so you are really only getting an Athlon-32 FX with a promise that someday it will run 32-bits. With any luck that'll be in '04, however, don't hold your breath that all the .DLLs will
be ported, so your 64-bit processor and 64-bit OS will still
thrash in 32-bit mode changes for a good long while.
Moderators, this is FUD and nothing more. Notice the lack of any supporting evidence? Please put these AMD fanboys where they belong.
will have a longer pipeline then Northwood
it should be <b>than</b>, no then...fix it people
i say fuck you all, you all are a bunch of fuckwads with no life on the edge of your seat for the next SCO story like it was your next fucking coke line. Fuckers.
longer pipeline then Northwood longer pipeline THAN Northwood *sigh* can program microchips but can't get that "than v. then" thang down.
Fuck you, good sir, but fuck you.
Good job, Slashdot... This has only been covered at the Inquirer and Ace's for a couple of months. Some relevant articles can be had at Ace's here, there, and over yonder.
Look to the discussion forums for further analysis by competent folks.
Warning: Only hit the links if you're intelligent. The average mind need not apply.
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I seem to recall that as well only it involved your mother.
You fucking moron. What the fuck is with all these stupid comparisons?! I have one for you: hmm, if riding your sister is like riding a bicycle, then riding your mom is like riding a bus.