Pentium V
will launch with 64-bit Windows Elements
DETAILS HAVE EMERGED of the future design of Intel’s Tejas/Pentium
V processor, and of how the chip firm will present it to the world.
The chip will sample internally at Intel in
January 2004 and will take between four to six months to get to market.
The Pentium 6 will follow a very similar schedule.
The Pentium V is likely to fly along at between
5GHz to 7GHz, have 2MB plus of level two cache, be built on a 90 nanometer
process, and have a stackable design.
The processor we believe, sits in the LGA 775
pin socket, and above it is a very thin heatsink. But, according to
sources close to the firm’s plans, another permeable heatsink can sit
between this and another microprocessor module, giving a stackable design.
The final design of this arrangement is not set
in stone.
According to this source, and the details have
not been confirmed, a module sitting on top could provide 64-bit
extensions.
And the source claimed, Microsoft is ready to
launch a version of Windows called Elements with 64-bit extensions.
The idea seems to be that people can buy a
32-bit module, and then add in the 64-bit processor.
There are three samples of an arrangement of the
Pentium V here in Taiwan this week, with a very thin processor and lots of
wires and patches stuck on it, just to show proof of concept.
The Pentium V could have a front side bus speed
of as much as 4000MHz, the source claimed, although this may be reserved
for the next chip along, the Nehalem. µ
See Also
10-20GHz Intel Nehalem slated for 2005
Pentium 8 spotted on the wibbly web
Intel Tejas pictures up on web
Why Intel's Prescott will use AMD64 extensions
Prescott has 64-bit compatibility built in
More Tejas pictures, Grantsdale mobo make it to web
Intel's Tejas to have eight new instructions
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