[Pc_Support] Whoa! Intel actually re-designed it s CPU for once!

[William Warren]

So it's not a true redeisgn jsut another tweak to the old pent 3 series? 
  Yes the initial number look good..but how long can Intel keep the p3 
going?

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> AnandTech has a good review of the Intel Core base design:  
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2748  
> 
> It's a good re-fit of the original 1994 Pentium Pro core (which was also
> used through the Pentium 3, Centrino and Pentium-M), and far better and
> more efficient than the NetBurst Pentium 4 architecture.  Have to give
> them some credit here -- they _did_ finally redesign the core more than
> they ever have since the original Pentium Pro.
> 
> With AMD's 1999 Athlon design aging, I'm sure they are not idle.  But
> it's clear that Intel focused on many weak areas as best as they could
> -- as well optimized lossy-math SSE so non-precise calculations run even
> faster.  So AMD's got a bit of a challenge on the desktop/workstation
> again.
> 
> Although it's still questionable if the server will scale -- at least
> not without a proprietary implementation like IBM's X3.
> 
> 

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