Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 02:30:15 06/15/04
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On June 15, 2004 at 04:26:17, Joshua Shriver wrote: >I may bit missing something, but isn't a Centrino just a regular x86 CPU aimed >for low-power consumption and something for wireless? If anything I'd think it >would be slower. The Centrino is a marketing name for the Intel Banias chip combined with some Intel chipset and an Intel wireless device. The Intel Banias is a much improved Pentium III architecture. >Guess I don't see how it could be faster, especially against a Xeon or even an >Athlon. What is the size for the caches (L1 and L2), what ghz range is it? 32k code, 32k data, 1M L2 They top at 1.7Ghz. Nowadays you can get Dothans, which are the next generation with 2M L2 cache and clockspeeds up to 2.0Ghz. -- GCP
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