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Subject: Re: 10,20 Ghz processor in 2005

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:17:27 01/30/03

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On January 30, 2003 at 19:28:37, Matt Taylor wrote:

>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


That's pure chickenfeed.  :)

check out the price of the xeon processors with 2M L2 cache.  $4000 each,
roughly.  :)




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