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Intel released a new stepping of the Pentium 4 today, the first in the stepping being the new 2.8 Ghz processor running at a 133mhz FSB (quad-pumped to 533mhz). The improvements over AMD's newly released 2600+ are impressive to say the least, and should force prices down for both processors.
Seems like the processor wars are about to heat up once again, with AMD slated to release it's new SOI Batron core with 512k L2 cache and a brand new 166mhz FSB (dual-pumped to 333mhz). This should definetly help AMD with some of the memory bandwidth issues that its processors have had for such a long time, as well as help get it back on top. After that, AMD will also release the Clawhammer, it's 8th-generation x86-64 microprocessor, which will be launched at a 3400+ performance rating.
On the Intel side, they are scheduled to release the 3ghz Pentium 4 by the end of the year, but that's as far as we know, and I doubt they'll be able to reach higher speeds than that by year's end, because they were actually hoping the 2.8ghz processor would be released near the end of the year, but competition from AMD forced them to push that release up.
For detailed review of the new 2.8ghz part, check out the usual places:
Anandtech
Tom's Hardware
[H]ardOCP
As a side note, it's interesting to see that all of the major review sites included Sysmark 2001 or 2002 in their benchmarks, which is to me, a dumb thing to do. Especially with Tom and Anand voicing strong opinions against it in recent weeks, with the issues concerning its optimization for Intel processors (and we do indeed see AMD fares especially poorly in these). It's great to voice your opinion, guys, but maybe try doing something about it next time and not benchmark processors with it.
Seems like the processor wars are about to heat up once again, with AMD slated to release it's new SOI Batron core with 512k L2 cache and a brand new 166mhz FSB (dual-pumped to 333mhz). This should definetly help AMD with some of the memory bandwidth issues that its processors have had for such a long time, as well as help get it back on top. After that, AMD will also release the Clawhammer, it's 8th-generation x86-64 microprocessor, which will be launched at a 3400+ performance rating.
On the Intel side, they are scheduled to release the 3ghz Pentium 4 by the end of the year, but that's as far as we know, and I doubt they'll be able to reach higher speeds than that by year's end, because they were actually hoping the 2.8ghz processor would be released near the end of the year, but competition from AMD forced them to push that release up.
For detailed review of the new 2.8ghz part, check out the usual places:
Anandtech
Tom's Hardware
[H]ardOCP
As a side note, it's interesting to see that all of the major review sites included Sysmark 2001 or 2002 in their benchmarks, which is to me, a dumb thing to do. Especially with Tom and Anand voicing strong opinions against it in recent weeks, with the issues concerning its optimization for Intel processors (and we do indeed see AMD fares especially poorly in these). It's great to voice your opinion, guys, but maybe try doing something about it next time and not benchmark processors with it.