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Monday, February 21, 2005
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When it comes to the newest Extreme Edition processor the 3.73GHz EE I'm almost at a loss for words. The move from a 130nm to a 90nm core means that the Prescott has finally arrived, but it brought with it the famed longer pipelines and the performance levels over the 3.46GHz EE are minimal. The 3.73GHz EE also lacks Speedstep and the C1E halt state unlike the 6XX series which all have these features. After looking at the benchmark data again I'd almost rather have the less expensive Intel P4 660 with all the bells and whistles over the Extreme Edition processors that cost more and offer less in some cases.
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And it's that 64-bit ability of Prescott-2M that's its main selling point, rather than any performance to be gained by the double-sized L2 cache, compared to Prescott-1M. I missed out gaming performance since I honestly couldn't find a game that really enjoyed the 2MiB that the 6-series or 3.73GHz XE had. While I could show gaming scaling with the XE, that was due to bus speed increases and the 3.46GHz Gallatin-2M was often faster. The working set of most games simply doesn't care for much more than 1MiB or so of on-CPU memory.
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Monday, January 31, 2005
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Intel does need to re-evaluate their plan for competing with AMD in the fastest desktop CPU department. While the move to 1066MHz FSB is good, we think that they need to bump cache levels across the entire Pentium4 line-up and not just restrict it to their Extreme Edition series. Prices also need to be dropped to compete better against the higher performing Athlon64. Lets hope that the upcoming Prescott based 1066MHz FSB CPUs along with the Glenwood/Lakeport chipsets help improve performances even further.
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Saturday, January 29, 2005
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When it comes to the mobile platform, Intel is certainly aggressive, and the launch of the new Sonoma platform reflects their non-stop development of the Centrino programme. And Intel is certainly very smart in doing so. In addition, the Centrino platforms have given us much better performance as well as increased battery life. With Sonoma, Intel is taking us further towards our goal of achieving desktop-level computing without wires and without worrying about battery life.
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Thursday, January 20, 2005
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An entire year of rumors and speculations can now be finally put to rest as we take a first look at the new 'Sonoma' platform that is to succeed 'Carmel'. Join us as we walk through its various improvements and enhancements with Fujitsu's latest LifeBook E8020.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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Today, we take a close look at the new Sonoma mobile platform as well as the spanking new Techdos and Fujitsu Sonoma notebooks! Be the first to read about Sonoma and why it will change mobile computing as we know it!
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