There appeared some rather detailed information on the Pentium 4 evolution for the upcoming year. Here is our summary for you:
0.18 micron Pentium 4 designed in new mPGA478 form-factor and equipped with the integrated heat spreader will be launched in Q2 2001. In fact, it shouldn?t be much different from the today?s Willamette-423. The new Pentium 4 will support 2GHz working frequency. As for the frequencies over 2GHz, Intel isn?t going to introduce any 0.18 micron ones on the Willamette core.
In Q4 2001 Intel is going to launch a new 0.13 micron Pentium 4 based on Northwood core. It will be designed in the same form-factor as Willamette-478. this CPU will have a twice as large L2 cache (512KB) and probably a 16KB L1 cache. The working frequencies will start from 2GHz and up.
In other words, the today?s Pentium 4 (Willamette-423) will have a very short lifetime: less than half a year. The next Willamette version with a 478-pin Socket looks much more promising, because the future 0.13micron Pentium 4 CPUs will be pin-to-pin compatible with them.
All in all, we do not approve of the frequent changes made to the processor form-factor, because each CPU upgrade automatically results into mainboard upgrade as well. From this viewpoint, AMD?s Socket A platform seems to be more convenient to use.
0.18 micron Pentium 4 designed in new mPGA478 form-factor and equipped with the integrated heat spreader will be launched in Q2 2001. In fact, it shouldn?t be much different from the today?s Willamette-423. The new Pentium 4 will support 2GHz working frequency. As for the frequencies over 2GHz, Intel isn?t going to introduce any 0.18 micron ones on the Willamette core.
In Q4 2001 Intel is going to launch a new 0.13 micron Pentium 4 based on Northwood core. It will be designed in the same form-factor as Willamette-478. this CPU will have a twice as large L2 cache (512KB) and probably a 16KB L1 cache. The working frequencies will start from 2GHz and up.
In other words, the today?s Pentium 4 (Willamette-423) will have a very short lifetime: less than half a year. The next Willamette version with a 478-pin Socket looks much more promising, because the future 0.13micron Pentium 4 CPUs will be pin-to-pin compatible with them.
All in all, we do not approve of the frequent changes made to the processor form-factor, because each CPU upgrade automatically results into mainboard upgrade as well. From this viewpoint, AMD?s Socket A platform seems to be more convenient to use.
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