Intel Drops Tejas, Xeon To Focus On Dual-Core Chips

PunkerTFC writes "Reuters has an article about Intel dropping the fourth-generation P4 chip (codenamed "Tejas") and the Xeon server processor. Intel says they want to concentrate on their new 'dual-core' technology for desktop and notebook systems. This is essentially putting two processors on one chip, allowing for a doubling of performance with less energy use. The introduction of this technology was not expected for another year and a half. Rival chip maker AMD says they have the capability to produce dual-core chips and will introduce the technology when they "feel there is a market need.""

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Re:It seems may seem obvious...

[mikis]

No. I bet "recently-announced Longhorn specs" were a very clever troll, and I can't believe how many people HBT. All CPU & RAM requirements asside, but why would an OS *require* Gigabit ethernet and wireless networking? This guy confirms it, but hey, he works for Microsoft, so he must be lying.

No, it has everything to do with Pentium M and AMD64 architectures kicking PIV's a$$.

Re:Dual processors are nice.

[AlecC]

Simply: cost. The CPU core is probably now well under 10% of the silicon area, the remainder being L1 cache and similar support circuitry. Adding a whole extra core adds very little to the total silicon - less than making the core more complex to handle ever deepening pipelines. Whereas adding a second complete chip, in its own package, plus the arbitration logic necessary to make the two chips work together, costs a lot more.