Shuttle: Dothan on the desktop

[Zap]

In the more short term, we may see some motherboard manufacturers make Pentium M based motherboards for desktop usage. Shuttle, in particular, is currently working on a small form factor box based on the Pentium M. That should be out by the end of this year.

:Q

Good ol' Shuttle.

I first found Anandtech with an article about a Shuttle motherboard, I think the HOT-559. I had already been doing builds at work based on Shuttle boards and was excited to see such a glowing review on this board that I just got in. Besides the usual multiplier jumpers, the Shuttle board allowed a FSB bump to 75 and 83MHz as well as BIOS controlled voltage. That was unheard of at the time (until QDI came up with more complete BIOS settings). Heck, I still have one of these boards. Used to be my Quake 3 server until the hard drive died (Quantum Fireball, not an IBM Deathstar 😛 ). I put another hard drive in it a few months ago and now it is one of my four DOS machines that I sometimes break out with at LAN parties. Real fun to play some games of Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior or our favorite Death Rally straight from DOS using Novell network drivers and SET BLASTER commands.

I'm looking forward to a Shuttle XPC that uses a Pentium M chip. Wonder if it will have overclocking features?

 

[Zebo]

Don't get too carried away... a A64 is superior in every way but a little more heat which will be remedied by the sub 30 W 90nm moblie A64's coming out real soon. However I'm definity interested in a 2.0Ghz A64 939 vs Dothan Desktop comparison.🙂

Dothan is definity Intels furture.... two years from now.... dual cored...hyperthreaded virual four processors..1200mhz bus...3Ghz...oh my.😀

 

[Zap]

Well, they did try for an apples to apples comparison by using slower memory, and single channel memory, and a notebook hard drive. However, faster stuff would benefit either processor (though probably the A64 more).

Don't worry, I like A64 also. 😀 Nothing wrong with any fast CPU. Just that I'm imagining a silent powerhouse that doesn't require that $1200 Zalman case.

 

[DrMrLordX]

You won't see hyperthreading on any core featuring a short pipeline(i.e. Dothan). I would like to see what dual-core Dothan cpus would be like, though.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
You won't see hyperthreading on any core featuring a short pipeline(i.e. Dothan). I would like to see what dual-core Dothan cpus would be like, though.

ANY?
IBM's POWER5 uses hyperthreading with it's 16-stage pipeline... There simply might not be any benefit to it though for the dothan because the pipeline stays filled???

 

[Avalon]

I would think they would just keep hyperthreading because in general, people associate hyperthreading as being a powerful feature of a powerful product. Even if it offered no benefit, initially it may be good, to be able say "And we have HT on this chip too!". Or something.