Prescott is here.
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- Irish
Prescott is here.
by Irish » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:02 pm
The new Intel Chip is ready. Up to 3.4ghz and 4.0ghz by years end.
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by JimmyTango » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:37 pm
If you overclock, stick with the northwood core. Prescott is not a huge leap forward, just an arm to reach for higher speeds until their completely new core is ready.
Look at the reviews, especially at http://www.hardocp.com
Look at the reviews, especially at http://www.hardocp.com
- Edogg
by Edogg » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:45 pm
the prescott is slower than the northwood clock for clock at the moment by a very little bit. That will progressively change as the prescott reaches higher clock speeds. It seems that as the prescott is clocked at higher speeds, each performance gain is higher than the previous one.
As of right now, I would hold off on buying a prescott for a couple of months. Wait untill there are some newer motherboards that better support the prescott, and until there are some higher clocked prescotts available.
As of right now, I would hold off on buying a prescott for a couple of months. Wait untill there are some newer motherboards that better support the prescott, and until there are some higher clocked prescotts available.
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by MMmmGood » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:58 pm
Originally posted by JimmyTango
If you overclock, stick with the northwood core. Prescott is not a huge leap forward, just an arm to reach for higher speeds until their completely new core is ready.
Look at the reviews, especially at http://www.hardocp.com
Ditto. I thought doubling the L2 AND L1 cache would have more of a difference. We'll have to see as the clock speeds get higher. HardOCP compared the P4 3.2C and the 3.2 Prescott and the Prescott either tied or was behind in almost all the benchmarks but the office ones.
Problem I see there is since it runs 10-15C hotter, not a very good office CPU, as the article stated.
I'll stick with my P4 3.0C for a while.
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by JimmyTango » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:41 pm
There next core supposedly has 64-bit instructions that can be turned on in future revisions. The code name is Tejas(or something like it). That core will be the next big step, and shoudl really be called Pentium 5, not 4.
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by Edogg » Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:05 pm
Originally posted by JimmyTango
There next core supposedly has 64-bit instructions that can be turned on in future revisions. The code name is Tejas(or something like it). That core will be the next big step, and shoudl really be called Pentium 5, not 4.
the prescott already has 64 bit instructions that can be enabled if they see it is necessary. The Tejas will be 64 bit enabled from the get go.
- Irish
by Irish » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:06 pm
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Intel Corp. is launching the next generation of its flagship Pentium 4 microprocessor on Monday, adding more memory to the chip and other features that should allow it to reach record speeds of up to 4 gigahertz by the end of the year.
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The processor code-named Prescott will be available at speeds ranging from 2.8 GHz to 3.2 GHz, with a 3.4 GHz model expected within a few months, said Bill Siu, vice president and general manager of Intel's Desktop Platforms Group.
The updated Pentium 4 will have 125 million transistors, up from about 55 million in the previous models. Most of those tiny switches will be devoted to doubling the memory on each chip from 512 kilobytes to 1 megabyte, Siu said.
The chips will be physically smaller as Intel, for the first time, deployed an updated process technology that creates chip features as small as 90 nanometers. That also will make production more efficient, because more die can be made from each silicon wafer.
"This is, we think, a very exciting and important milestone not just for Intel but for the industry," Siu said.
He declined to comment on reports that Intel added circuits that would eventually enable strict, hardware-based security — and possibly iron-fisted copyright protection schemes.
Intel also would not comment on whether its latest chip might someday support 64-bit extensions, which would make it possible to add memory beyond today's 4 gigabyte limit.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is already selling 64-bit chips for desktops, even though most software does not yet support it.
"Our position has always been Intel will offer these capabilities when the ecosystem, including operating systems and other things, is there to support it," Siu said.
Intel has in the past added features to a new processor but only switched them on later. In 2002, it released the Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading, which tricks the operating system into thinking a PC has two chips instead of one. HT was inside previous Pentium 4s, but not enabled.
Prices of the new Prescott chips, when purchased in bulk, range from $178 for the 2.8 GHz model to $417 for the 3.4 GHz version.
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The processor code-named Prescott will be available at speeds ranging from 2.8 GHz to 3.2 GHz, with a 3.4 GHz model expected within a few months, said Bill Siu, vice president and general manager of Intel's Desktop Platforms Group.
The updated Pentium 4 will have 125 million transistors, up from about 55 million in the previous models. Most of those tiny switches will be devoted to doubling the memory on each chip from 512 kilobytes to 1 megabyte, Siu said.
The chips will be physically smaller as Intel, for the first time, deployed an updated process technology that creates chip features as small as 90 nanometers. That also will make production more efficient, because more die can be made from each silicon wafer.
"This is, we think, a very exciting and important milestone not just for Intel but for the industry," Siu said.
He declined to comment on reports that Intel added circuits that would eventually enable strict, hardware-based security — and possibly iron-fisted copyright protection schemes.
Intel also would not comment on whether its latest chip might someday support 64-bit extensions, which would make it possible to add memory beyond today's 4 gigabyte limit.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is already selling 64-bit chips for desktops, even though most software does not yet support it.
"Our position has always been Intel will offer these capabilities when the ecosystem, including operating systems and other things, is there to support it," Siu said.
Intel has in the past added features to a new processor but only switched them on later. In 2002, it released the Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading, which tricks the operating system into thinking a PC has two chips instead of one. HT was inside previous Pentium 4s, but not enabled.
Prices of the new Prescott chips, when purchased in bulk, range from $178 for the 2.8 GHz model to $417 for the 3.4 GHz version.
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