Author: Joshua Shriver
Date: 02:38:44 06/15/04
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On June 15, 2004 at 05:30:15, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >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. > Cache seems normal, but that is a bit slow... so these things even when running at smaller frequencies are outperforming Xeon and Athlons while also running on less power? That's awesome. Wonder if anyone has made a cluster of them.. especially with the low-power usage. Thank you very much for the info, I've been curious ever since the Centrino - Athlon game posts I saw on here a week or so ago. -Josh
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