[Rant] Pentium IV Prototype at 3.5 GHz | ANN.lu |
Posted on 29-Aug-2001 09:05 GMT by Christian Kemp | 41 comments View flat View list |
Solar (BAUD) wrote:
PPC vs x86, Intel vs AMD, believe me folks I´d like to see PPC rule the market, but this looks like x86 is here to stay. I think it´s interesting to see what will be tomorrow, even if it has little to do with Amiga today.
Yes, I know that GHz isn´t everything, but that´s a *lot* of GHz to make up for with superior (?) architecture...
From Heise Online:
"In the early morning, shortly after 8 AM local time, [Intel] presented a prototype of a 0.13µm Pentium-4 (Northwood), which - shortly - ran at 3.5 GHz.
On average, the IDF record breaking CPUs reach the market after roughly a year. The 2 GHz type that started production yesterday was also presented as a prototype on last year´s IDF. So we can expect the 3.5 GHz Pentium 4 in late summer 2002. In general, so Otellini, the architecture can be scaled up to 10 GHz."
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Comment 1 | Anonymous | | 28-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
Comment 2 | Hans-Joerg Frieden | | 28-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
Comment 3 | Ben Hermans/Hyperion | | 28-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT |
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Pentium IV Prototype at 3.5 GHz : Comment 5 of 41 | ANN.lu |
Posted by koan on 28-Aug-2001 22:00 GMT | While x86 based PCs are getting faster and faster, who is using these
extra processing cycles ? Anyone ?
The damn things still take minutes to boot (and reboot!)
You need fast data transfers e.g. to disk and back for the machine to
"feel snappy", which is what users really want at the end of the
day.
Why are Amiga users so dedicated to finding a "PC slaying machine" ?
It may be possible but why bother ? Do they really think millions of
PC users are suddenly going to say "shoot, I've been wrong all
this time" and go off and buy some new turbo Amiga when it comes out ?
I don't think so. Let's focus on doing it right. (But if AI gets a move on
that would be more preferable). |
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