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Dual Core Intel Processors Sooner Than Expected

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rolling-out-like-autobots dept.

Hack Jandy writes "AnandTech reports that Intel's Smithfield processors are going to get here sooner than they originally predicted; most likely within the next few months. Apparently, the Intel roadmaps reveal that the launch dates for next generation desktop chipsets, 2MB L2 Prescotts and Dual Core Smithfield processors (operating at 3.2GHz per core) are almost upon us - way ahead of the original Q4'05 roadmap estimates. Hopefully, that means Intel will actually start shipping the new technology instead of waiting four months after the announcement for retail products."

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  1. Re:Bleh... by DrLZRDMN · · Score: 4, Informative

    RTFA
    http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx? i=2329&p=4

  2. No, he means Nocona cores. by PornMaster · · Score: 3, Informative

    Intel added the x86-64 instructions to the Xeon line and called it EM64T.

    Read up!

    http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/

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  3. Re:Programs by Unknown+Lamer · · Score: 3, Informative

    ffmpeg/libavcodec takes advantage of SMP now so I can encode videos almost twice as fast as before. Quake III kind of uses it, not very much to be noticeable.

    I also run more than one program at a time so the entire system is faster.

    Two dual core processors would rock hard (when my AthlonMP 2800+ system stop being usable I'm going to get dual dua-core Opterons, or PPC64s if they exist).

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