Intel plans Pentium M-based Xeons

[clarkey01]

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Jul/bch20050728031588.htm

 

[Fox5]

Well, the current Pentium M certainly wouldn't make good competition for Opteron as most of the programs servers and workstations run are the ones that P-M does bad at, but the beefed up P-M will likely be much more competitive.

 

[Zebo]

I don't know...bring it. "The Second Coming" may have issue with data base stuff if I recall from anands review in linux.

 

[Zebo]

I'd be interested to see if it holds it's low power gradiants when adding transistors for AMD64 and other things to make competitive in addition to higher clocks to compete.. eg. 2.6+ course well never know till it comes..definity welcome compared to 90nm xeons.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: Zebo
I don't know...bring it. "The Second Coming" may have issue with data base stuff if I recall from anands review in linux.

I take it that It'll be based on Yonah (the version with the improvments over dothan such as FP/Media etc).

 

[Fox5]

The Opterons by then will have some slight tweaks here and there though, and integrated pci express, so at the very least they should be able to take segments of the market.

 

[imported_Kensai]

I gotta see this.

 

[Leper Messiah]

I thought it had a weak FPU? Wouldn't that kinda suck for server work?

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
I thought it had a weak FPU? Wouldn't that kinda suck for server work?

If it did have a 'weak FPU' then it would make sense that the Pentium-M based Xeons would have redesigned FPUs. Right??

 

[Hacp]

As posted on the inquirer, is there a point to this? Intel is releasing a new CPU just 6 months after the Pentium M based ones...... Maybe its a marketing ploy.

 

[Viditor]

It's a blade processor that is 32bit only...not gonna be a big seller by any means, but it is a precursor for Conroe/Merom due at the end of 2006.
Opteron should wipe the floor with it on everything (64bit, multithread, FPU, scalability, price, etc...). It will be around the same power level as the Opterons as well (before anyone says it...TDP IS NOT POWER!).