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    775-pin Prescott???

    Someone help me out, I missed something: http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article3.asp?datePublish=2004/03/01&pages=A7&seq=44 Says there's to be a 775-pin Prescott. Current Prescotts are 478-pin. Now why is it that moving to 90nm process would dictate the need (or benefit) of an additional...
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    cpu & gpu convergence

    Reading the tentative specs on DirectX-Next (Longhorn release) there are many conceptually-CPU-like-changes that GPUs will go through - but they seem like baby steps towards being a bona fide "CPU" as we know it today. I also think Sweeney's quote is somewhat out of context (re-referencing...
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    Retail 3.0E delayed 'til April

    What are all the extra pins for in that Prescott the article talks about??? that's about, what, ~60% more pins?!