Willamette chip cores run at 3GHz theregister.co.uk
This hot off the virtual press at the Register:
Intel said today that there are two arithmetical logical units (ALUs) within its up-and-coming microprocessor codenamed Willamette that each run at 3GHz.
The rest of the microprocessor runs at 1.5GHz, Intel representatives said.
Yesterday, Intel demonstrated a Willamette processor which was not air cooled and which clocked over 1500MHz. At the time, Dr Albert Yu, senior VP in charge of desktop architecture, said that one ALU had been specially optimised to run faster than the rest of the microprocessor.
But Intel was chary of saying that Willamette will run at 3GHz, and, in fact, kept describing the microprocessor as 1GHz/500. The reason for this, according to representatives, was because end users and consumers would be confused by describing the chip as 1.5GHz.
Nope, Intel wouldn't want to confuse end users and consumers. All the confusion about what, actually, got demoed is just an unfortunate side effect of trying to confuse investors and technoid types. FUD? I don't see no FUD. Do you see any FUD?
Cheers, Dan. |
