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Intel to Increase Stages in Prescott

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the massive-pipelining dept.

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.'"

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  1. Silly intel by g-to-the-o-to-the-g · · Score: 0, Troll

    It seems like intel is continuing to make poor decisions. Their Itanium processor is lame, the p4 is rediculously overpriced, and now they're planning on making more expensive yet less powerful processors. I personally suspect intel as a 80% marketing, 20% product sort of company. I think i'll stick to AMD for now.

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    Hi there

  2. Re:It;'s not that it'll be slower... by h2odragon · · Score: 0, Troll

    right. see something people are enjoying, possibly even learning from; and piss on it. Aren't you poroud? aren't you clever? ... would you like a cookie?

  3. Re:History repeats itself..... by ProtonMotiveForce · · Score: 0, Troll

    What a load of shit. If you were in charge, we'd be in Soviet America right now.

    Anybody that is successful would become a monopoly. Microsoft - monopoly (though there are about a dozen viable alternatives to Microsoft). McDonalds (they do have a monopoly on the BigMac, you know). Intel (though AMD is very good competition and there are other competitors in the market).

    Just admit you're a fanboy and be done with.