Prescott Delayed Until Q1 2004

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited October 2003 in Science & Tech
<a href="http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20031003092506.html&quot; target=_blank>Prescott Delayed Until Q1 2004</a>

Sources among Taiwanese mainboard makers state that due to some major issues with Intel’s Strained Silicon 90nm fabrication technology commercial availability of Prescott processors is expected only in the first quarter next year. In December 2003 Intel is very likely to paper-launch its Prescott processors and supply only a handful of such chips to selected solution providers for systems intended for gaming, just like AMD did with its Athlon XP 2800+ processor last year, sources claim.

Originally set to come in the second quarter of 2003, Intel’s code-named Prescott processor is based on the same NetBurst architecture as all Pentium 4 CPUs, but is made using 90nm technology. As a result of some problems with this fabrication process, Intel postponed the release of the chip till the Q4 this year, but, as we see now, the new CPUs will be de facto available in commercial quantities only next year.

Source: <a href="http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20031003092506.html&quot; target=_blank>Xbitlabs</a>

Comments

  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited October 2003
    Maybe they will find a way to decrease the heat-output of the new Prescott CPU's. Over 100W of heat dissipation is insano for a CPU the size of your thumb @ the 0.09 micron process.
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited October 2003
    The 3.2GHz p4 Northwood is what, 105W?
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited October 2003
    a2jfreak said
    The 3.2GHz p4 Northwood is what, 105W?

    yup
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    They have to delay it. None of the bigger companys (Dell, HP etc) have the intelligence to create a cooling system for 100+ watts of cpu in a tiny desktop case. Therefore, they won´t buy it.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    ;D;D;D;D

    Suckers.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    They have to delay it. None of the bigger companys (Dell, HP etc) have the intelligence to create a cooling system for 100+ watts of cpu in a tiny desktop case.

    Well, certainly they could easily provide adequate cooling setups; but the corporate market would not be to keen on filling offices with noisy, buzzy workstations.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Leonardo said
    They have to delay it. None of the bigger companys (Dell, HP etc) have the intelligence to create a cooling system for 100+ watts of cpu in a tiny desktop case.

    Well, certainly they could easily provide adequate cooling setups; but the corporate market would not be to keen on filling offices with noisy, buzzy workstations.

    Excellent point, you explained it much better than i did.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2003
    Its smaller than your thumb. I have touched a whole P4 wafer in class. The core is less than 1 cm across than that was .13 microns.
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