CPU question

[Jack Carlson]

I am looking at a P4 processor (478 socket) to go with an Intel board.

What difference does it play for the type of Core and the mobo? The Core for
the processor I am looking at is Prescott. Are they any compatibility issues
I should be aware of with the mobo?

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

What does the Intel site say?

www.intel.com

Bobby

 

[David B.]

Make sure the board supports Prescott CPU's

 

[Guest]

Prescott, hit the streets in the 4th quarter of 2003. The Prescott processor
is the code name for a generation of IA-32 processors. It is expected at
3.2GHz and will eventually scale up into the 5GHz region.

Although based on the NetBurst architecture similar to its Pentium 4
predecessors, Prescott nevertheless features a slew of enhancements to its
micro-architecture with improved Hyper-Threading Technology, advanced power
management, 13 new instructions and larger caches.

Intel is fabricating the Prescott on huge 300mm wafers with its cutting edge
90-nanometer (90nm) strained silicon process. The 90nm process enables Intel
to pack in more cache into Prescott. Prescott double previous Pentium 4 cache
figures with 16K of L1 and a whopping 1MB of L2 (as a comparison, the current
L2 record holder for is AMD's Barton core with only 512K of L2). In order to
fit such a large amount of cache into the core, Intel added a 7th copper
layer paving the way for >100M transistor counts. The 90nm process also
includes certain features which allows for higher clock frequencies and lower
voltages in the neighborhood of 1.2V. The larger cache will aid the processor
in pre-fetching and storing data close to it for faster processing.

Intel Desktop Processor Roadmap
In true Intel fashion, Prescott has 13 additional instructions added to
improve application areas such as in multimedia and gaming. Dubbed the
Prescott New Instructions (PNI), the additions speed up FP to integer
conversions, complex arithmetic, video encoding, enable SIMD FP operations in
AOS format and thread synchronization. The technology is compatible with
existing software written for Intel architecture microprocessors and existing
software should continue to run correctly, without modification, on
microprocessors that incorporate PNI. Of course, Prescott includes MMX, SSE
and SSE2 extensions as well.

After its initial release in Northwood, an improved Hyper-Threading
Technology is now a mainstay on Prescott's feature list. HT will definitely
benefit from the larger caches as well as the new thread synchronization
instructions. After its HT lackluster introduction in Northwood, Intel is
probably banking on Prescott to show HT's true potential. Perhaps by then,
more applications will be optimized to take advantage of this technology.

Prescott also includes support for Intel's LaGrande initiative which calls
for protected execution, memory and storage. It is believed that LaGrande and
Microsoft's Palladium technology will work together to increase the level of
computing security. LaGrande would be implemented through processor
extensions and it is left to be seen if the initial offering of Prescott will
have it enabled.

In line with Intel's 865 (Springdale) and 875P (Canterwood) family of
chipsets, Prescott debuted on 800 MHz FSB with DualDDR333 and DualDDR400
support. Prescott platforms are expected to pack a punch in term of
peformance. Following this, Intel is expected to unveil its Tejas processor,
the successor to Prescott in 2004.

Now all this means nothing to you if the motherboard cannot support it.

As with all PC components newer generation items [CPU, RAM, Display Chips
etc] are designed to be better faster and cheaper than their predecessors.
Don't get too caught up in the hype, just buy what is compatible with your
existing hardware or else upgrade.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Intel has announced that it will no longer develop *ANY* P4 core beyond what
is currently in distribution. Instead, it will reverse itself and instead
push chips with larger L2 cache and dual cores. For years Intel swore that
L2 cache and dual core did not offer a viable way to increase speed, but now
that their engineers cannot get the current architecture to operate at 4GHz
without cryogenic cooling, they are *NOW* saying that CPU core clock speed
is *ahem* not what determines how fast a chip is, but are now saying that L2
cache and dual core are. Keep in mind that in the Intel chip, L1 and L2
cache are redundant, meaning that the same data that is in L1 is also in L2,
reducing the overall available information in cache. In the AMD (and all
other) architecture, the L1 and L2 are exclusive.

We are all witnessing the death of an era here...whether because of a bad
business model, sheer arrogance, or complacency we are seeing the death of a
*kung*...basically the P4 is dead, and Intel has nothing ready to maintain
it's sheer dominance in the marketplace.

Personally, after years as a dedicated Intel type, I am firmly in support
of AMD64...it is definitely a better piece of hardware in every way, and
offers
true 64 bit power today...not the emulation of the current crop of "EMT64"
wanna be chips.

Intel has a long, bitter battle ahead, and I, for one, do not have the
confidence in them that I once did. It is truly sad that it has come to
this, but at least one company (AMD) had the courage and vision to move
ahead in the market.


Bobby

Prescott, hit the streets in the 4th quarter of 2003. The Prescott
processor
is the code name for a generation of IA-32 processors. It is expected at
3.2GHz and will eventually scale up into the 5GHz region.

Although based on the NetBurst architecture similar to its Pentium 4
predecessors, Prescott nevertheless features a slew of enhancements to its
micro-architecture with improved Hyper-Threading Technology, advanced
power
management, 13 new instructions and larger caches.

Intel is fabricating the Prescott on huge 300mm wafers with its cutting
edge
90-nanometer (90nm) strained silicon process. The 90nm process enables
Intel
to pack in more cache into Prescott. Prescott double previous Pentium 4
cache
figures with 16K of L1 and a whopping 1MB of L2 (as a comparison, the
current
L2 record holder for is AMD's Barton core with only 512K of L2). In order
to
fit such a large amount of cache into the core, Intel added a 7th copper
layer paving the way for >100M transistor counts. The 90nm process also
includes certain features which allows for higher clock frequencies and
lower
voltages in the neighborhood of 1.2V. The larger cache will aid the
processor
in pre-fetching and storing data close to it for faster processing.

Intel Desktop Processor Roadmap
In true Intel fashion, Prescott has 13 additional instructions added to
improve application areas such as in multimedia and gaming. Dubbed the
Prescott New Instructions (PNI), the additions speed up FP to integer
conversions, complex arithmetic, video encoding, enable SIMD FP operations
in
AOS format and thread synchronization. The technology is compatible with
existing software written for Intel architecture microprocessors and
existing
software should continue to run correctly, without modification, on
microprocessors that incorporate PNI. Of course, Prescott includes MMX,
SSE
and SSE2 extensions as well.

After its initial release in Northwood, an improved Hyper-Threading
Technology is now a mainstay on Prescott's feature list. HT will
definitely
benefit from the larger caches as well as the new thread synchronization
instructions. After its HT lackluster introduction in Northwood, Intel is
probably banking on Prescott to show HT's true potential. Perhaps by then,
more applications will be optimized to take advantage of this technology.

Prescott also includes support for Intel's LaGrande initiative which calls
for protected execution, memory and storage. It is believed that LaGrande
and
Microsoft's Palladium technology will work together to increase the level
of
computing security. LaGrande would be implemented through processor
extensions and it is left to be seen if the initial offering of Prescott
will
have it enabled.

In line with Intel's 865 (Springdale) and 875P (Canterwood) family of
chipsets, Prescott debuted on 800 MHz FSB with DualDDR333 and DualDDR400
support. Prescott platforms are expected to pack a punch in term of
peformance. Following this, Intel is expected to unveil its Tejas
processor,
the successor to Prescott in 2004.

Now all this means nothing to you if the motherboard cannot support it.

As with all PC components newer generation items [CPU, RAM, Display Chips
etc] are designed to be better faster and cheaper than their predecessors.
Don't get too caught up in the hype, just buy what is compatible with your
existing hardware or else upgrade.

Make sure the board supports Prescott CPU's

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Actually, Intel CPU's can hit over 4 GHz on air cooling and still be
stable (I know from experience). It simply appears that these speeds
are beginning to cause problems (leaking cilicon?) and they need a new
core architecture. I do not remember Intel ever claiming that a Dual
Core would not be a viable way of increasing speed, but I am excited to
see things moving in that direction.

I own both AMD and Intel based computers. Truth is, they both work
extremely well and I love seeing the battle between two companies. The
ultimate winner is the consumer

-----
Nathan McNulty

Intel has announced that it will no longer develop *ANY* P4 core beyond what
is currently in distribution. Instead, it will reverse itself and instead
push chips with larger L2 cache and dual cores. For years Intel swore that
L2 cache and dual core did not offer a viable way to increase speed, but now
that their engineers cannot get the current architecture to operate at 4GHz
without cryogenic cooling, they are *NOW* saying that CPU core clock speed
is *ahem* not what determines how fast a chip is, but are now saying that L2
cache and dual core are. Keep in mind that in the Intel chip, L1 and L2
cache are redundant, meaning that the same data that is in L1 is also in L2,
reducing the overall available information in cache. In the AMD (and all
other) architecture, the L1 and L2 are exclusive.

We are all witnessing the death of an era here...whether because of a bad
business model, sheer arrogance, or complacency we are seeing the death of a
*kung*...basically the P4 is dead, and Intel has nothing ready to maintain
it's sheer dominance in the marketplace.

Personally, after years as a dedicated Intel type, I am firmly in support
of AMD64...it is definitely a better piece of hardware in every way, and
offers
true 64 bit power today...not the emulation of the current crop of "EMT64"
wanna be chips.

Intel has a long, bitter battle ahead, and I, for one, do not have the
confidence in them that I once did. It is truly sad that it has come to
this, but at least one company (AMD) had the courage and vision to move
ahead in the market.


Bobby

Prescott, hit the streets in the 4th quarter of 2003. The Prescott
processor
is the code name for a generation of IA-32 processors. It is expected at
3.2GHz and will eventually scale up into the 5GHz region.

Although based on the NetBurst architecture similar to its Pentium 4
predecessors, Prescott nevertheless features a slew of enhancements to its
micro-architecture with improved Hyper-Threading Technology, advanced
power
management, 13 new instructions and larger caches.

Intel is fabricating the Prescott on huge 300mm wafers with its cutting
edge
90-nanometer (90nm) strained silicon process. The 90nm process enables
Intel
to pack in more cache into Prescott. Prescott double previous Pentium 4
cache
figures with 16K of L1 and a whopping 1MB of L2 (as a comparison, the
current
L2 record holder for is AMD's Barton core with only 512K of L2). In order
to
fit such a large amount of cache into the core, Intel added a 7th copper
layer paving the way for >100M transistor counts. The 90nm process also
includes certain features which allows for higher clock frequencies and
lower
voltages in the neighborhood of 1.2V. The larger cache will aid the
processor
in pre-fetching and storing data close to it for faster processing.

Intel Desktop Processor Roadmap
In true Intel fashion, Prescott has 13 additional instructions added to
improve application areas such as in multimedia and gaming. Dubbed the
Prescott New Instructions (PNI), the additions speed up FP to integer
conversions, complex arithmetic, video encoding, enable SIMD FP operations
in
AOS format and thread synchronization. The technology is compatible with
existing software written for Intel architecture microprocessors and
existing
software should continue to run correctly, without modification, on
microprocessors that incorporate PNI. Of course, Prescott includes MMX,
SSE
and SSE2 extensions as well.

After its initial release in Northwood, an improved Hyper-Threading
Technology is now a mainstay on Prescott's feature list. HT will
definitely
benefit from the larger caches as well as the new thread synchronization
instructions. After its HT lackluster introduction in Northwood, Intel is
probably banking on Prescott to show HT's true potential. Perhaps by then,
more applications will be optimized to take advantage of this technology.

Prescott also includes support for Intel's LaGrande initiative which calls
for protected execution, memory and storage. It is believed that LaGrande
and
Microsoft's Palladium technology will work together to increase the level
of
computing security. LaGrande would be implemented through processor
extensions and it is left to be seen if the initial offering of Prescott
will
have it enabled.

In line with Intel's 865 (Springdale) and 875P (Canterwood) family of
chipsets, Prescott debuted on 800 MHz FSB with DualDDR333 and DualDDR400
support. Prescott platforms are expected to pack a punch in term of
peformance. Following this, Intel is expected to unveil its Tejas
processor,
the successor to Prescott in 2004.

Now all this means nothing to you if the motherboard cannot support it.

As with all PC components newer generation items [CPU, RAM, Display Chips
etc] are designed to be better faster and cheaper than their predecessors.
Don't get too caught up in the hype, just buy what is compatible with your
existing hardware or else upgrade.



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Make sure the board supports Prescott CPU's

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I am looking at a P4 processor (478 socket) to go with an Intel board.

What difference does it play for the type of Core and the mobo? The
Core for
the processor I am looking at is Prescott. Are they any compatibility
issues
I should be aware of with the mobo?