64 bit P4

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MeatBridge

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Anyone know when the 64 bit P4s will be hitting the shelves?? All I've heard was first quarter sometime but nothing beyond that.
 
There are a few already out. But i chated with a guy from pentium the other day. When the long horn 64 is out is when the 64 bit pentiums hit the shelves full force. Im told that pentium has a 64 bit CPU that runs cool. Could thay be trying to get back in the race? will see.
 
But i chated with a guy from pentium the other day
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Uh...Pentium isn't a company.

EM64T P4s should be out for desktops Q1 or 2 this year. The ones already out are for workstations. Dual cores should be at least showcased this year, from what I read, AMD seems closer to public release than Intel but you never know.
 
Yea Intel is redoing the P4 I believe both 64 and 32 bit versions to help keep the heat down, there was an article about it on toms hardware. I just didn't know if anyone knew when exactly they were gonna release them.
 
pentium III @ 1000 mhz said:
tha's okay, dual cores will kick more ass and prolly almost double current performance ratings at the same frequency's.... any one agree?
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No. At least not for a few years after release. Very little software can use 2 threads and until most/all of it can they will, at best, perform as well as current single core chips. Eventually, yes I think they can easily double current performace, unfortunately almost everyone seems to have 'silver bullet syndrome' when it comes to dual cores
 
Uh...Pentium isn't a company.
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LOL

Dual cores should be at least showcased this year
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Havnt they already? I know there are plans for dual-core FX57s but I dunno about the intel line ... I thought the P4Fs were supposed to be EMT64?

tha's okay, dual cores will kick more ass and prolly almost double current performance ratings at the same frequency's.... any one agree?
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Why would anyone disagree [with such a somewhat obvious statement]? But do realize its only (for now) [superficially] true.

Yea Intel is redoing the P4 I believe both 64 and 32 bit versions to help keep the heat down,
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The extra 32bit or lack thereof dont constitute a significant heat threat

No. At least not for a few years after release. Very little software can use 2 threads and until most/all of it can they will, at best, perform as well as current single core chips
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Im sure serious applications will have a fairly quick development cycle (i.e., not stupid stuff like games but real apps)

unfortunately almost everyone seems to have 'silver bullet syndrome' when it comes to dual cores
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Aint that funny how things are :P
 
Havnt they already? I know there are plans for dual-core FX57s but I dunno about the intel line ... I thought the P4Fs were supposed to be EMT64?
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The prerelease showcase should be this year, intel's alpha/beta dual core (do they call it that for processors?) was shown last year.

P4Fs are EM64T enabled but they are S478 and workstation class only for now
 
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