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~misfit~ wrote:
> The P3 was (and still is) the pinacle of design as far as Intel's
> history goes. That Tualatin P3 you have is the forerunner of the new
> Pentium M's, (Banias, Dothan) they're just 'evolved' P3 Tualatins
> with a smaller manufacturing process, larger L2 caches and a
> re-designed pre-fetch unit. (And some speed-stepping) . Intel will,
> very soon, swallow it's pride and drop the P4 range altogether.
> (That's why it's changed to calling CPUs by codes instead of
> family/speed, they're hoping to save face). Especially if it wants to
> do any good in the dual-core market. Can you imagine two 120 watt
> Prescot cores on the same die? You could heat your lounge with it.
Indeed... Unfortunately, 'the mass' doesn't know well enough that the
P3-Tuatalin is this good... I'm havig trouble selling off my lovely little
laptop ;-)
--
Thomas