Inetl has a huge challenge ahead of them. I don't think they can deliver the 4.0 P4, even on paper, it just burns too damn hot. They are probably trying to figure out how they can back off clock increases and pump out more performance without needing a liquid cooling solution.
Multicore would seem to be the way to go, but maybe there is some other issue with that. Maybe they are hoping the next stepping in die shrink will help them. Where are they now, .13 micron? AMD really has Intel's nuts in a sling in a bad way. Unless they have some killer product waiting in the wings that they have kept totally in the dark, they could be trailing AMD at the high end for the foreseable future. They might be on a totally different tack though. What about the Pentium M architecture? If I was Intel, I would get every ounce I could out of that chip because the power profile is so awesome and AMD has nothing really comparable to compete head to head. Corproate PCs don't need 3.0 GHz chips much less 4.0 GHz, so why not push all low-power systems for now? >Anyone here have any thoughts on the un-scheduling of the 4.0 P4? It >seems to me as though the paradigm has not definiteively shifted to >multicore processors. > >Dana >-- >Diebold: It's a better way to deliver a state ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137050 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
