good point. What are the advantages of M though besides wattage and (obviously) wifi?
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:11:08 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:137051 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
