Petz,
even more evidence that Prescott will indeed use Yamhill technology:
See this quote from x-bit labs:
"We also have some info (proven by Intel as well) that Prescott may also support Yamhill technology, which will allow these CPUs to process 64bit codes. However, Intel will finalize its decision about including or not including Yamhill technology into the upcoming Prescott core a bit later, depending on the success of the coming AMD Hammer competitors."
xbitlabs.com
The important part is "proven by Intel as well". Hmm, I don't like this development. Furthermore, it is a splendid occasion for certain analysts and hardware reviewers to declare AMD to be roadkill once again.
I imagine statements like these: "Yes, Hammer is indeed a good processor. Of course, it is running much slower than Intel's highly successful P4, which is the undisputed industry leader. It is a remarkable achievement for the much smaller company to match or even surpass the P4 performance in some old benchmarks. However, this picture will certainly change with forthcoming software optimizations for the P4. Besides, Intel plans to release even higher clocked CPUs in the near future.
Nevertheless, due to certain (temporary) production problems by Intel, especially concerning the higher speed parts, AMD managed to sell quite a few of its new Hammer processors to the enthusiast market. However, AMD's glory will be short lived. The next weapon by Intel is already on the horizon: Prescott, a dramatically enhanced Pentium 4 with many exciting new features. Leading OEMs like Dell corporation already announced their support for this state-of-the art processor.
With Prescott, Intel will not only bring the revolutionary concept of HyperThreading to the desktop, which will effectively double the already much enhanced performance of the Prescott processor. No, it will also introduce true 64bit computing for the masses. This will mark the next, dramatic milestone in the computer development, an area in which Intel has always been the driving force.
It is true that AMD had also tried to introduce some sort of higher bit computing, but it is even more obvious now than ever before that the true 64bit champion is nobody else than Intel. Rumor is that Microsoft will release a version of Windows which enables 64bit computing for i86-64. Since 64 bit is twice as much as 32 bit, the performance of these future Intel CPUs will further increase ahead of the competition. All what is needed to activate the 64bit speed afterburner is to let Windows detect a "genuine Intel i86-64 processor". Important applications like Windows Media Encoder, which is widely used as industry leading benchmark, will show almost twice the performance than on AMD's processors.
But for now, we can congratulate AMD for their achievement. The consumers will gain from it because it gives Intel a run for its money in the value consumer segment, that means cheaper Intel CPUs for us all."
Uh, what happened? I just woke up from a nightmare.
Peter |
