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"intel hits 4Ghz yikes"

this is taken from errrr theregister.com i think.

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Intel is to introduce hyperthreading to the desktop next year with Prescott, the codename for the next major iteration of desktop class Pentium 4s.

Prescott is slated to ship in volume the second half of 2003 and is to be built using the as-yet-unintroduced 90nm manufacturing process, Intel veep Louis Burns revealed today at The Intel Developers Forum (IDF). Intel is working with the software industry to ensure that apps are available to take advantage of hyperthreading when Prescott is introduced.

The "base platform" for Prescott will incorporate integrated wireless networking, gigabit ethernet, USB 2.0 and Serial ATA. Prescott will see Intel also "continue to drive to integrated graphics, Burns says. However, he was not in aggressive mode - the company wants to work closely with discrete graphics partners.

During Burns' keynote, a 4GHz P4 was demoed, using admittedly "exotic" cooling technology. Although not explicitly stated, this is the kind of speed we can expect to see with Prescott, considering that a 3GHz air-cooled demo P4, outed at Intel CEO Craig Barrett's demo on Monday, is expected to ship at the back end of this year.

The announcement of the base or concept platform for Prescott, marks a new development for Intel. The company says it will introduce PC concept platforms in future at each IDF Spring. This will be supported by the full publication of specs at IDF Fall, with the intention of shipping product for the following IDF spring.

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Now that is fast, wonder what AMD are gunna come up with, hmmmm thinking about it this shoulda been in the pc forum

D'oh

gah that more faster, errm for some reason every time i but a fast pc it gets slower like my current 333mhz super intel pentium celeron delux ulta version pc feels like a 486.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> *trying to think of a "two jags"/"Two buses" joke for the
> Prescott*


hmmmm the only one i heard was about his idea of a park and ride scheme.

park one jag and get in the other LOL


ok so it aint funny anymore :(


anyway who cares about the 4Ghz all it means that what now costs £500 it'll now crash to £5 or something

i built me 1.4Ghz AMD a while back which i haven't used in ages due to loadsa probs which i narrowed down to the motherboard by the time i have it up and running it'll be crap compared to the newer machines.

comps go out of date to quick :(

My dads harder than your dad.

Big Deal! According to the New Scientist magazine, IBM have reach 110 Ghz!

Stick THAT in your pipe and smoke it!

Did 4ghz hit back or was it all over after one smack?

I'm beginning to think that the 266MHz that my PC packs is a little puny...

*trying to think of a "two jags"/"Two buses" joke for the Prescott*

It's all a bit technical for me. I've got 800MHz at the moment.

Does that mean that if I go for a 4GHz processor that my Windows will then crash 5 times as fast?

a) It's actually about 3.5ghz

b) "Hyperthreading" uses extra circuits on the P4 that weren't used previously (for some reason). It's basically one CPU being used as two (loosely). However, dual CPU set-ups aren't as tantallising as you may think. They require the software to be compiled with multithreading support (or, in this case, use a new instruction set), so you may only see heavyweight apps (Maya, 3DSMAX, possibly some office software, the Macromedia suite) actually using them. It's the whole MMX/3DNOW thing all over again, but with bigger consequences.

~Resurection~ wrote:
> Prescott

From this name we can deduce that:
- it'll pack some punch
- but waste time and resources
- it'll ruin your PC's infrastructure
- it'll be ousted at the next reshuffle