Pentium 5 - Insane?

[emu_kidid]

i got some info on the new pentium 5 specs:
*new CPU socket in LGA form
*DDR-2 memory will be supported
*775 pin (later introduced)
*0.09 �m

Socket 478 is becoming extinct. The first Pentium 5s will be sold (Q4 2003) in the old structure.

Is it just me, or has intel gone mad?

[Ace]

Can't wait till it gets out .

Some extra specs I found on a site:

- 64 bit Instructions
- DDR-II
- 0,9 �
- 4 * 166MHz = 667MHz FSB
- 1MB cache
- 100 Million P1262 Transistors
- 1.2 Volt
- LaGrande
- SSE3
- Silicium-Germanium Technologie.
- Strained silicon



- One of Intel's biggest marketing campains ever <== not really a specification but still .

Source: http://www.tweakers.net/reviews/337/1

[Shadowrider]

wha!! p5?? intel is sure speeding up

[wolfman]

Three words: OH.MY.GOD!!!! Insane!

[Magus]

Well, firstly, the name 'Pentium 5' has not been decided on yet. It will most likely still be marketed under the Pentium 4 name.

It is really just a core change. First we had Wilamette, then Northwood, and now Prescott. Presott still uses most of the Pentium 4's Netburst architecture, so it is still really a Pentium 4 chip.

And all of the information you just listed, emu_kidid, was revealed well over a year ago. Don't tell me you are just learning of Prescott? It is the first core to use a 90nm process (considered nanotechnology by Intel) and also the first chip to use strained silicon, which should prove quite useful to the scaling of the chip into the future.

Also, your information is not entirely correct, Ace. Prescott is capable of 64-bit instruction sets but I believe only at a 8-bit level of floating-point precision, which pales in comparison to AMD's Hammer. And LaGrande is just rumored to be coded into the core... it might be left out in the end if not completed. And, finally, the FSB clock will likely be 200mHz and not 166mHz, but that isn't final. Intel could change many things before it's launch.

By the way, this core is likely to scale up to at least 4.7gHz before Intel unveils its entirely new microprocessor in 2005. So Prescott is really paving the way for technologies Intel plans to implement in the future. This core will likely be the Pentium 4's last and it's lifespan looks to be no more than 16 months.

[Ace]

Originally posted by Magus
Well, firstly, the name 'Pentium 5' has not been decided on yet. It will most likely still be marketed under the Pentium 4 name.

It is really just a core change. First we had Wilamette, then Northwood, and now Prescott. Presott still uses most of the Pentium 4's Netburst architecture, so it is still really a Pentium 4 chip.

And all of the information you just listed, emu_kidid, was revealed well over a year ago. Don't tell me you are just learning of Prescott? It is the first core to use a 90nm process (considered nanotechnology by Intel) and also the first chip to use strained silicon, which should prove quite useful to the scaling of the chip into the future.

Also, your information is not entirely correct, Ace. Prescott is capable of 64-bit instruction sets but I believe only at a 8-bit level of floating-point precision, which pales in comparison to AMD's Hammer. And LaGrande is just rumored to be coded into the core... it might be left out in the end if not completed. And, finally, the FSB clock will likely be 200mHz and not 166mHz, but that isn't final. Intel could change many things before it's launch.

By the way, this core is likely to scale up to at least 4.7gHz before Intel unveils its entirely new microprocessor in 2005. So Prescott is really paving the way for technologies Intel plans to implement in the future. This core will likely be the Pentium 4's last and it's lifespan looks to be no more than 16 months.

Nobody knows the def specs except Intel , the specs I listed are just the specs that were on that site.

[Magus]

Yes, but Intel has confirmed everything I have stated except for the FSB frequency and the presence of LaGrande. And I can speculate, can't I? It would be foolish to reduce the FSB to 166mHz right now. I highly doubt Intel will do that.

[Shadowrider]

what bout the tejas chip?
i heard it would support > 5 Ghz clock speed with DDR II

EDIT

oh here's some more info on prescott

[Magus]

Yes, Tejas is the chip I was referring to that will be Intel's next completely new microprocessor featuring whatever new architecture they cook up. It will make its debut in 2005.

It should also be the first pinless CPU! Go to Intel's website and read up on it if you have not yet. They have developed a new pinless CPU socket that meshes the CPU flat against the system bus like a waffle. This makes installing and removing CPU's much easier, and should theoretically increase thermal dissipation efficiency.

[Shadowrider]

pinless cpu?!
that's really kewl actually. hopefully amd will come up with something like that in the future.

[ccdart]

Pfft.. I'm not really looking forward to it. I'm fine with what I have now.. Yes Intel is mad. j/k

[emu_kidid]

A Good advantage is that once the P V's come out, the 3.06ghz cpu will be at a nice and easy affordible price

[Josh]

That is a good thing.

[Kha'alim]

And emulating a Playstation2 or Dreamcast will become a reality. Even if it will cost more than the console itself.

[Magus]

Originally posted by emu_kidid
A Good advantage is that once the P V's come out, the 3.06ghz cpu will be at a nice and easy affordible price

At that time the 3.06gHz chip won't even be on the market. It is already extinct in Intel's plans because it lacks the 200mHz frontside bus that they have moved on to.