Yep. A look at Yonah: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2627
The bad thing about Yonah is.. New Socket, at least 2 quarters of wait still ahead and: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2627&p=5 http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2627&p=6 Yeah, it's basically the same speed or slower then the X2-3800+... A chip you can get right now, and which will probably be cheaper by the time Yonah hits the market. Yeah, I'm just unsure of what the "sell" is on this right now.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:25 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] -LO- CNet does a test workout: Dual Core AMD > vs. DualCoreIntel > > > > Um Hayes, they are doing that. > > > > reference: Merom, Conroe, Woodcrest > > > > 64bit 65nm chips due in the middle of '06, 14 stage > pipelines, 2-3Ghz > > clocks, 4-issue dispatch! (A64s are 3 issue, G5s are > 3+branch, P4's > > are > > 2-issue) > > > > Pentium M is P3 derived, and lacks the 64bitness, rather that futz > > around giving it a 64bit overhaul, they're designing > something based > > on a similar philosophy from the ground up.. > > > > Yes, but Yonah and later PM cores have an extra 4-cycle > latency on the L2 cache. Hopefully, this can be disabled at > will....it comes from the core's ability to shut down cache > areas that aren't needed and flush contents to memory. > This does necessarily hurt the performance per MHz, but it is > still very competitive. > > > Greg > >
