Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 16:28:37 01/30/03
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On January 29, 2003 at 10:06:04, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Dr. Nikolski, > >Nehalem is obviously a 64 bit microprocessor using electron-etched circuitry. >Does this mean that it won't run MChess Pro ver. 8? or WChess or Chess Genius >or......? > >Two years to go...for a processor that will run chess programs at 5 to 8 times >the current speed. Do you know how much these things will cost and how much >power they will suck up? > >Tim > >On January 29, 2003 at 07:16:49, Yar wrote: > >>Intel is going to create a 10,20Ghz processor in 2005 >>http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7481 >> >>Yar Nehalem -might- be 64-bit. That article gives no indication. Given that Intel already has a 64-bit processor in the works (Yamhill), I would wager no. Nehalem is a descendant of Prescott, not Yamhill. 5-8? I think you mean 2-3 times as fast. Current top-of-the-line is the P4 3.06 GHz, and the vibe I have been getting from Intel over the past several years is that they're moving -away- from more work per clock on the desktop, so future processors may be less efficient per clock. Wattage is harder to guess, but I would assume that it will be nearing 110-120 W by then. They will cost just as much as Intel chips always have. I remember a time when the high-end original Pentiums cost $500 per chip. Lo and behold, the P4 3.06 GHz currently costs almost $700. With that in mind, it is easy to predict what future processors will cost. -Matt
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