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Hello, everybody! Guess what? Intel just announced that thanks to advances
in their manufacturing methods, they now have processor speeds of up to
733MHz. These new processors are the successors of the Pentium III and will
be differenced from their predecessors by a plus sign (+) after the MHz.
They are manufactured using 0.18-micron technology and sport a sixth layer.
Also new is ATC (Advanced Transfer Cache) and ASB (Advanced System
Buffering), both of which increase speeds greatly. To quote Intel: "A
heavily integrated and highly optimized 256 KB, 256-bit-wide, on-die Level 2
ATC provides outstanding bandwidth - up to 11.7GB at 733 MHz, for example -
while delivering an impressive 4X reduction in Level 2 latency. The cache is
organized as an 8-way set associative configuration that, combined with the
high bandwidth and lower latency, delivers this increase in cache
performance for real applications. In addition, the performance of the
Advanced Transfer Cache scales with core frequency." Another new thing is
the 133 MHz system bus. Using a benchmark, they compared 2 600MHz Pentium
III's: the new one and the old one. The new one provided a 20% performance
increase over its predecessor.
I'm impressed and hope that Intel will continue to improve on its product
and advance computers and computer graphics so that the little guy can
render some real nice stuff. =)
To read the rest, go to
http://developer.intel.com/update/contents/it11994.htm.
PS: Yes... this does go out to you POV programmers. You either find a way to
exploit this new speed and give us an excuse to buy these processors, or
else... ;)
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TonyB wrote:
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> Hello, everybody! Guess what? Intel just announced that thanks to advances
> in their manufacturing methods, they now have processor speeds of up to
> 733MHz.
And now for the bad news. These new processors will probably cost the
same amount you just paid for a whole new system using the older slower
technology... sigh !
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Ken Tyler - 1100+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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Ken wrote:
> TonyB wrote:
> >
> > Hello, everybody! Guess what? Intel just announced that thanks to advances
> > in their manufacturing methods, they now have processor speeds of up to
> > 733MHz.
>
> And now for the bad news. These new processors will probably cost the
> same amount you just paid for a whole new system using the older slower
> technology... sigh !
>
> --
> Ken Tyler - 1100+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.htmlhttp://www.povray.org/links/
Oh. And also AMD has been able to hit 700 MHz on their old-fashioned, .25
micron process. I wonder what they'll do with .18 micron and 1100 MHz that's
supposed to be out Q1 next year... Should probably be even better.
--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
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This is not news, even though it is new. Intel has been planning a .18-micron
chip for a loooong time, and usually runs a year or more behind on projects.
Their i820 chipset was buggy when it was supposed to be realesed so it was held
back, but Intel still gave benchmark scores using the i820.
Athlon is faster, 900MHz already (KryoTech, otherwise 700 which is close). And
it has several advantages over the P3 for equivalent MHz. And it has a 200MHz
bus.
Intel's new chips are supposed to be veeeery expensive...
AMD also plans to release a .18 micron design in 2000 sometime, though they also
fall behind...
What I want in the next computer: Athlon, 800MHz or faster, 256MB RAM or more,
preferably RAMBUS, running Linux.
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>And now for the bad news. These new processors will probably cost the
>same amount you just paid for a whole new system using the older slower
>technology... sigh !
No! This is good news! Now you can more easily afford a dual processor
system using the oldies. =)
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Well, you did a lot of quoting, and it sure sounded good. But I always recommend
looking at independent reviews and benchmarks. One such can be found from
http://www.anandtech.com
AMD's Athlon is currently at 700 MHz and in some respects it is still the best.
It has the fastest FPU, which is what we POVers want. It is a completely new
architecture, while the Intel processors still use the same basic architecture
that Pentium Pro used back in '95.
For me, the Athlon currently seems like the best choice. Athlon motherboards are
as yet kind of expensive and sometimes below average quality; but the i820
chipset designed for the new Intel mobos have been delayed altogether.
Gawd, I'm rambling OT again... Bad! Bad!
Margus
TonyB wrote:
>
> Hello, everybody! Guess what? Intel just announced that thanks to advances
> in their manufacturing methods, they now have processor speeds of up to
> 733MHz. These new processors are the successors of the Pentium III and will
> be differenced from their predecessors by a plus sign (+) after the MHz.
> They are manufactured using 0.18-micron technology and sport a sixth layer.
> Also new is ATC (Advanced Transfer Cache) and ASB (Advanced System
> Buffering), both of which increase speeds greatly. To quote Intel: "A
> heavily integrated and highly optimized 256 KB, 256-bit-wide, on-die Level 2
> ATC provides outstanding bandwidth - up to 11.7GB at 733 MHz, for example -
> while delivering an impressive 4X reduction in Level 2 latency. The cache is
> organized as an 8-way set associative configuration that, combined with the
> high bandwidth and lower latency, delivers this increase in cache
> performance for real applications. In addition, the performance of the
> Advanced Transfer Cache scales with core frequency." Another new thing is
> the 133 MHz system bus. Using a benchmark, they compared 2 600MHz Pentium
> III's: the new one and the old one. The new one provided a 20% performance
> increase over its predecessor.
>
> I'm impressed and hope that Intel will continue to improve on its product
> and advance computers and computer graphics so that the little guy can
> render some real nice stuff. =)
>
> To read the rest, go to
> http://developer.intel.com/update/contents/it11994.htm.
>
> PS: Yes... this does go out to you POV programmers. You either find a way to
> exploit this new speed and give us an excuse to buy these processors, or
> else... ;)
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Yes, they've released the new processor, but there's as yet no
motherboard for it... Moreover at the same frequency, Athlon is still
faster (though by a small margin), much cheaper, and available...
Jerome
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