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Intel Banias @ 1.4GHz in Q1 2003. *Updated With New Roadmaps*

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http://www.theinquirer.net/09040216.htm

But the first Banias will appear in the first quarter of next year, and speed grades of 1.40GHz, 1.50GHz and 1.60GHz are in store, using the Odem chipset.

Btw, anyone know what architecture Banias is based off of? I seem to recall that it's based off the old P6 architecture, but has P7 traits like a quad pumped FSB @ 400MHz.

UPDATE: Here's some more ***confirmed*** info from The Inquirer.
 
p6 with certain advanced features from the p7. basically, a p6 would rock with a qdr fsb and prefetch, as well as the ability to access cache every clock. i'm thinking thats mostly the speed improvements to banias. might figure out how to break up a high latency portion of the pipe into two steps to help with the clock ramping as well.

heres the thing though... banias will be the mobile processor for intel. but p4-m will be at a higher GHz when banias ships. so is intel going to tell people that its faster though its slower MHz?
 


<< First time I've even heard of it. What market is it going for? >>

A wide array of mobile solutions. It will replace the PIII-M and P4-M, and will penetrate other markets as well.

Hopefully, the hype around Banias will hold up...
 


<< heres the thing though... banias will be the mobile processor for intel. but p4-m will be at a higher GHz when banias ships. so is intel going to tell people that its faster though its slower MHz? >>

I've been wondering the exact same thing. Intel is scheduled for 2.0GHz P4-M notebooks and even higher this year. Surely Banias (with its 10 stage integer pipeline) won't be able to ramp as quickly as the P4-M.
 
lol. I wonder if it has anything to do with that Bania guy from Seinfeld. You know, the guy who joked about shopping carts with one bad wheel....
 


<< First time I've even heard of it. What market is it going for? >>




<< but p4-m will be at a higher GHz when banias ships. so is intel going to tell people that its faster though its slower MHz >>



I thought it was meant for the ultra thin, ultra light notebooks - users who don't really need as much speed. Meaning there would be a P4-M for the heavier speedier notebooks and the Banias for the rest. Are you saying that Banias will compete with the P4-M? I guess I don't keep up with notebook processors enough. Thanks for the info.
 
I thought I read somewhere on the Reg or the Inq that the Banias platform was getting an entirely new FSB becuase the traditional Intel GTL/AGTL/AGTL+ bus schemes ate too much power.
 


<< Btw, anyone know what architecture Banias is based off of? I seem to recall that it's based off the old P6 architecture, but has P7 traits like a quad pumped FSB @ 400MHz. >>


Banias is supposedly an entirely new architecture designed by the ex-Timna team in Israel. There's very little known about it but from what I've heard it seems like it's worth waiting until next year to buy a laptop.

Banias at Fall IDF 2001

Take care,
Anand
 
interesting... but doesn't it take years to develop a new architecture? i guess they've been working on it for a while over there, and a p6 retrofit wouldn't take as long (though i think it would be a good idea)


wasn't it banyan on seinfeld?
 
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