They should just make a P5 based on the P3. :)
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They should just make a P5 based on the P3. :)
Nope Its going to based off the P4's Netburst core, so it can scale higher. The P3 core at .13um will hit only 1.7Ghz. The P4 on the .13um can hit 3.4Ghz+.Quote:
Originally posted by TheUltimateNewbie
They should just make a P5 based on the P3. :)
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Intel going to the P4 was a must. Coppermine topped out at 1GHz, and Tualatin wasn't launched until almost a year later in the summer of 2001. P4 was launched November 2000. Intel would have been in bad shape without launching a processor over the course of a year.Quote:
Originally posted by purewire
I LOVED my PIII, and it was a slot 1 Katmai! I think the move to the P4 Willy was sheer marketing. I am not an Intel or AMD nut, just get the power I can afford at the time. But yeah I think the PIII had a long way to go before they even needed the P4.
Tualatin will also top out well below the current P4 frequencies. A new processor was needed and the P4 was it. In the vast majority of applications the top P4 Intel is able to produce at a given time is going to be much faster than the top P3. As we go farther along the bandwidth limitations of P3 will stall its scaling as well.
I said P3 CANT beat a P4 in the intel's eye. I should have used quotes ;)Quote:
Originally posted by RPG Junkie
I disagree.........I can match a 2Ghz P4........so......take a Tualatin to about 1.6, or 1.7Ghz and it will match a 2.2 to 2.4 P4.
As opposed to intel, AMD cannot afford such a luxury. Remember Athlon? It was plenty fast since the first early tests...I think even 40% faster than a similary clocked P3 Katmai. If the Hammer will act as P4 did back in the late nov 2000, AMD will go down FAST.Quote:
Originally posted by steppy76
Yeah, but the p3 isn't at an IPC disadvantage with the Athlon like the P4 is. There always HAS to be a transition between architectures, and thats why the P4 was brought out when it was. I think you are gonna see the same thing as AMD tries to switch to the hammer core. These transitions are never easy and always take time, and I expect to see as many growing pains with hammer as with the P4.