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Intel Redesigns Xeon, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Processors

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edited March 2004 in Science & Tech
[blockquote]Starting from the 13th of April, 2004, Intel will be shipping its Xeon and Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processors with 1MB or 2MB L3 cache based on two different 0.13 micron process technologies.

The original Intel Xeon processors at 2.40GHz, 2.80GHz, 3.06GHz and 3.20GHz for 2-way server and workstations as well as Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition chips at 3.20GHz and 3.40GHz for powerful desktops contain 6 metal layers, the new chips will have 8 layers. Intel did not explain the necessity for the move to customers, but emphasized that they needed to perform no new qualification activity for the parts.[/blockquote]
[link=http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040312121737.html]XbitLabs article[/link]

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  • KingFishKingFish
    edited March 2004
    It seems that the floating point fiasco way back in the day has long been forgotten by people at Intel. Are these desperate actions or what? I take this as Intel being scared as heck by AMD64. They are starting to act like Nvidia by trying to wring every last ounce of performance out of their flagship product because it's beginning to get beat by the "underdog".

    KingFish
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    AMD added a layer to the Tbred lineup. Thus the TbredA and Tbred B versions. More surface area and the extra later helped cooling out a lot.
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