Smithfield and Iriwindale sooner the expected

[kristos]

Good news according to these new roadmaps :) :
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2329

[ntrights]

Exciting to say the least!! can hardly wait for benches. "Dual core Smithfield processors, which are really nothing more than two Prescotts slapped together with independent caches" Will smithfield require ddr2?

[kristos]

what do you mean "require" ?

those chipsets will probably be ddrII only like the current i925 chipset.

[Disposibleteen]

yea these things are going to require some serious cooling units, i wonder what kind of air cooler intel will ship with the chip...

[kristos]

a storm G4 :p

[Disposibleteen]

uuuuhhhhh isnt that WATER cooling.....

[Northwood]

all the latest evidence seems to point to the fact that intel have sorted out any thermal issues, cant be arsed to dig up the evidence cos im tired and going to bed, i may edit this post tomorrow tho with more info.

[Disposibleteen]

i thought it wouldnt be able to sort out the thermal issues though becuase the cpu used too mich power, the more power a cpu uses the more heat it outputs right...

[jjcom]

yeah, remember Intel at one point did look into watercooling. Which I find kinda funny my self. If Intel introduces watercooling...well...normally thats used for overclocking...so what kinda overclocks are we gonna get. These things would double as a stove.

jjcom

[Disposibleteen]

lol yea but i dont think most consumers would be willing to convert to water cooling, they will be too afraid of leaks and for good reason, if you dont install/test a water cooling rig right there is a vert good cnahce you will get leaks

[charlie]

looks like Intel is swinging for the fences...... good to see.

[kristos]

the remark about the storm G4 was a joke ...


I read that the dual cores will produce approximately 30% more heat.

[Xassius]

30% --- that's pretty good. If two prescotts are whacked together, wouldn't you expect 100% more heat?

[ntrights]

Read somewhere that TDP would be about 130W and draw about 125A of current In any case im going to setup a water cooling next. And there will be chipsets supporting ddr1 as well (eg. 915GL chipset). I think this is good news and adds to the flexibility for a lot of us who are intrested in dualcore specially also now when there are rumors about winbond getting back in action!

[enzoR]

each core will run at a much lower speed than what we are used to. something like 1.8ghz iirc. that will lower power consumption by alot. seeing that the cores are capable of 3.6+ghz (prescott) i think these things will OC like mad if the mobo can supply enough power.

[uclajd]

lol yea but i dont think most consumers would be willing to convert to water cooling, they will be too afraid of leaks and for good reason, if you dont install/test a water cooling rig right there is a vert good cnahce you will get leaksApple G5's (http://www.apple.com/powermac/design.html) already ship with watercooling...

[DanIdentity]

each core will run at a much lower speed than what we are used to. something like 1.8ghz iirc. that will lower power consumption by alot. seeing that the cores are capable of 3.6+ghz (prescott) i think these things will OC like mad if the mobo can supply enough power.

The slowest Smithfield will run at 2.8 GHz. That's each core running at 2.8 GHz, not 2.8 GHz combined.

[DanIdentity]

30% --- that's pretty good. If two prescotts are whacked together, wouldn't you expect 100% more heat?

No, because the die is bigger and as a result can disspate more power (heat) per unit area.

[uclajd]

http://209.35.180.29/misc/now.jpg

So the dual 2.13 P-Ms are shipping "now"? :confused:

Also interesting is that nobody on earth (other than the lucky few who get ES stuff) currently has a board which can run a dual core Prescott. All those who bought 915/925 boards are hosed.

[DanIdentity]

http://209.35.180.29/misc/now.jpg

So the dual 2.13 P-Ms are shipping "now"? :confused:

Also interesting is that nobody on earth (other than the lucky few who get ES stuff) currently has a board which can run a dual core Prescott. All those who bought 915/925 boards are hosed.

That's not a dual-core P-M. It's one of the just released single core 533 MHz FSB chips.

[lutjens]

looks like Intel is swinging for the fences...... good to see.

Intel may be swinging for the fences...but lets see if they can actually hit the ball;)

Their track record for the release of new products as of late has been less than stellar...:rolleyes:

[ntrights]

Intel Initiates Production of Dual-Core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Chips. (http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20050207174303.html) “Intel plans to deliver two separate dual-core products and dual-core-enabled chipsets for its Pentium processor-class families in the second quarter, including the Pentium processor Extreme Edition. The Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition will include Hyper-Threading Technology, providing the ability to process four software “threads” simultaneously,” the company said in its statement.

[STEvil]

No, because the die is bigger and as a result can disspate more power (heat) per unit area.

increased die heat output is not a function of surface area.