The Future: Nehalem, Atom, Etc.

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Obviously, this is only the first part of a series of articles. The second part, on AMD processors, will follow (along with a piece on AMD’s ATI graphics cards). But the story of the Intel x86 processors doesn’t end with the Core 2 Duo, and obviously other models are planned for the future. Nehalem and Atom are also x86 processors. And a little bird tells us that Intel’s upcoming entry into the graphics market, Larrabee, is also based on a number of x86 cores.


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harwooda 04/08/2008 10:15
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Wasn’t one of the key features of the Pentium Pro line of processors the increase in IRQs to 256 rather than the 16 of the previous generations?

In the days of virtual IRQs assigned by windows it's easy to forget the headache of trying to install multiple interface cards without running out of resources.

blind_arrow 05/08/2008 04:27
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am I mistaken? or the Maximum memory figures are wrong? 4096MB or is it KB on 386, 486 and Pentium MMX class CPU's. and 64MB on P-II and so on.

JDocs 05/08/2008 09:39
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Modern Intel CPU: P1-> P3 -> P4M -> C2D -> C2Q
Modern AMD CPU: P1(Intel) -> P3(Intel) -> K8 -> K10
Next gen CPU: Modified P1

The Pentium 1 & 3 are possibly the most widely base processor in modern computing. Even AMD's chips are based on them.

Anonymous 06/08/2008 01:22
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Hmm....
Interesting...AMD chips based on P3... EHEHEHEHHEHEHE

I think you need a...khhmmm...LIFE

:D

cheers

Wikkus 14/08/2008 12:57
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Nice article that made me a little bit misty-eyed and nostalgic (being of the original 8086 generation) :D

Did a bit of a clear-out of my parts boxes not so long ago and found a couple of PPro's, a 486DX2/66, a 386SX and a 386DX. Threw them out but perhaps should have built a little shrine? ;p

Cheers.

evolucion888 19/08/2008 04:44
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There are some errors in the article, Pentium M Dothan had a 2.26GHz model which is not mentioned there, they had a VCore of 1.356V and a TDP of 27W, not 36W like stated here, also it's die size is 88mm2, not 87mm2, it also came as a socket 478 which was incompatible with the Pentium 4 socket 478 due to it's electrical differences.

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