Bombshell!!! = Intel Going Quad Core Within A Year!
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/...ans_uncovered/
Intel was surprisingly talkative when it came to future technologies and products this year. As a result, most of the technical audience is up to date regarding the upcoming micro architecture based on the 65 nm Merom design. We discovered that all of these announcements are the top of a hot iceberg only, because the chip firm intends to deliver almost 20 new processor designs within the next eight quarters; all for the sole purpose of dominating the desktop, mobile and enterprise segments.
Last week, Intel held a series of presentations at its Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, whose facilities represent the main pillar of product design and manufacturing. These presentations included a short tour to the top-notch 65 nm production facility Fab D1D whose specifics Intel is currently replicating to other locations. The primary purpose of this show obviously was to convince around 80 analysts and journalists of the substantial health of Intel's 65 nm fabrication leadership, which is outputting new processors in high volume for launching new Pentium 4 6x1, Pentium D 900 and Core branded (known as Yonah) processors in early 2006.
However, the spectacle almost looked a bit too good to be true at first, because virtually everything the presenters were talking about was highly positive. But our latest discoveries prove that Intel is dead serious about it. We found that the 65 nm manufacturing is healthy enough to eventually unroll more processor designs than ever before within the next two years, both in 65 and 45 nm.
There will be lots of dual cores, quad cores and even the first eight core CPUs are outlined clearly. Although this information is still confidential and likely to be adjusted a bit over time, we would like to share our outlook with you. Not only is Intel working on an excellent product base, but also there seems to be a fresh wind of change with the introduction of the new CTO Justin Rattner, who we believe is capable of upgrading Intel's technology image with a touch of emotion.
Note: The information we discovered was *not* provided by Intel and has nothing to do with the event in Oregon that this article mentions.
(follow the link aboove to read like 9 more pages. )
Intel was surprisingly talkative when it came to future technologies and products this year. As a result, most of the technical audience is up to date regarding the upcoming micro architecture based on the 65 nm Merom design. We discovered that all of these announcements are the top of a hot iceberg only, because the chip firm intends to deliver almost 20 new processor designs within the next eight quarters; all for the sole purpose of dominating the desktop, mobile and enterprise segments.
Last week, Intel held a series of presentations at its Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, whose facilities represent the main pillar of product design and manufacturing. These presentations included a short tour to the top-notch 65 nm production facility Fab D1D whose specifics Intel is currently replicating to other locations. The primary purpose of this show obviously was to convince around 80 analysts and journalists of the substantial health of Intel's 65 nm fabrication leadership, which is outputting new processors in high volume for launching new Pentium 4 6x1, Pentium D 900 and Core branded (known as Yonah) processors in early 2006.
However, the spectacle almost looked a bit too good to be true at first, because virtually everything the presenters were talking about was highly positive. But our latest discoveries prove that Intel is dead serious about it. We found that the 65 nm manufacturing is healthy enough to eventually unroll more processor designs than ever before within the next two years, both in 65 and 45 nm.
There will be lots of dual cores, quad cores and even the first eight core CPUs are outlined clearly. Although this information is still confidential and likely to be adjusted a bit over time, we would like to share our outlook with you. Not only is Intel working on an excellent product base, but also there seems to be a fresh wind of change with the introduction of the new CTO Justin Rattner, who we believe is capable of upgrading Intel's technology image with a touch of emotion.
Note: The information we discovered was *not* provided by Intel and has nothing to do with the event in Oregon that this article mentions.
(follow the link aboove to read like 9 more pages. )
Comments
CategoryCode NameCores Cache Expected Market Availability
Desktop KentsfieldDual core multi-die4 MBMid 2007
Desktop Conroe Dual core single die4 MB sharedEnd 2006
Desktop AllendaleDual core single die2 MB sharedEnd 2006
Desktop Cedar Mill Single core 512 kB/1 MB/2 MBEarly 2006
Desktop Presler Dual core, dual die4 MBEarly 2006
Desktop/MobileMillvilleSingle core 1 MBEarly 2007
Mobile Yonah2 Dual core, single die 2 MBEarly 2006
Mobile Yonah1 Single core 1/2 MBMid 2006
Mobile Stealey Single core 512 kBMid 2007
Mobile Merom Dual core, single die2/4 MB sharedEnd 2006
EnterpriseSossamanDual core, single die2 MBEarly 2006
EnterpriseWoodcrestDual core, single die4 MBMid 2006
EnterpriseClovertownQuad core, multi-die4 MBMid 2007
EnterpriseDempsey Dual core, dual die4 MBMid 2006
EnterpriseTulsa Dual core single die4/8/16 MBEnd 2006
EnterpriseWhitefieldQuad core single die8 MB, 16 MB sharedEarly 2008
note the quads in the final lines (extracted from here)
note also that they expect dual core Yonah chips before single core ones.
Amazing that Apple switches to Intel right about the time IBM and especially AMD have way better stuff.
The tables have turned, now it's Intel that runs hot and AMD that runs cool. I'm planning to buy another AMD CPU for my PC within the next 3 months.
Originally posted by slughead
And all the while AMD will have way better stuff with more cache and 64 bits of sexiness, leaving Intel and by association, Apple, in the dust.
Yes, but AMD based stuff is *ALWAYS* plagued with terrible PCI/Chipset problems.
Originally posted by Targon
Yes, but AMD based stuff is *ALWAYS* plagued with terrible PCI/Chipset problems.
With the exception of my AMDs I guess. Maybe you shouldn't buy the cheapest mobos on the market and then stuff like that wont happen
And by the way, AMD had dual-core chips before intel, and will likely have quad-core as well.
Originally posted by slughead
And by the way, AMD had dual-core chips before intel, and will likely have quad-core as well.
I wouldn't bet on that. Intel's process technology is ahead and getting farther ahead, and now that they are clearly well on the multi-core road this will mean being able to leverage their process advantage to deliver more cores sooner.