Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 05:27:55 02/21/03
Go up one level in this thread
On February 21, 2003 at 04:42:21, Charles Worthington wrote: >I am certainly no expert on cpu design and waht you say makes perfect sense from >an economic standpoint. Please explain this to Bob then, because he seems to think it's madness. When, in reality, it is simple economic principle, and widely known as such. But, if todays chips were honestly capable of a stable >4GHz frequency then you could clock them there with no additional cooling >required. I do not doubt that todays chips can be taken to 3.2 GHz or perhaps >even 3.3 GHz and maintain stability but intel has a safety margin built into the >upper end chips to insure reliable performance. But even with little knowledge >of processor design I would have to say that Bob's argument makes more sense >from a logical standpoint. Intel would_love_to produce 4GHz Xeons today that >operate at low temperatures...problem is they simply can't do it. At least in my >humble opinion. I'm not saying that the current chips they sell are capable of 4GHz operation, in any way, shape, or form. I'm saying that Intel, if it wanted, _could_ release chips that were capable of such thing. But right now, there's just absolutely no reason for them to do it. For one thing, Intel doesn't want the P4 Xeons to be _too_ fast if it can help it, because they don't want to eat into Itanium sales.
This page took 0.02 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.