How fast will Intel push P4's

[CompSci]

About what speed will Intel push the P4 line...
Less than or greater 4G?
Where's it gonna top out?

 

[pjordan]

My guess is they won't do more than one or two more before they switch to Pentium 5. I think they will switch before 4 Gigahertz.

 

[flashpan]

What an odd thing to say. Everyone and their uncle (including tom’s hardware) said that 3.2 is it. I suggest a little bit of research prior to asking questions or answering them.

 

[HardWareBoss]

As stated above 3.2c is the end of the line for P4 Northwood. Prescott 3.4 Gig P5 releases in Oct. Prescott maxes out at 5 or 5.5 Gig.

 

[knewt]

I know everyone seems to be constantly referring to Prescott as Pentium 5, but last I checked they are planning to use the Pentium 4 name at least through the Tejas core. Things may have changed without my knowledge though. (imagine that)

Think about this, when Intel first launched the Pentium 4, they stated the architecture was designed to scale to 10 GHz. Why would they change to P5 already? P4 was launched on the Willamette core but later changed to Northwood without changing the name. As I understand it, Intel changes the name when they introduce a major microarchitectual change, not for a core change. Correct me if I am wrong.

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[sargeduck]

I believe Prescott will still be classified under the P4 name.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Well, last I heard the people at Intel's marketing were discussing names for the Prescott processor... Maybe it'll be Pentium 5, or maybe they'll just stick to P4. I have the impression that they'll stick with P4, though... let's see.

Actually, there was a thread around here in which we discussed those things <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=140157#140157" target="_new">ad <b>naus</b>ium.</A>

 

[HardWareBoss]

P4 or P5 just release the 3.4 Prescott allready!!!!!

 

[juin]

If you mean P7 architecture around 7GHZ to 9GHZ

P4 the marketing name marketing decision

[-peep-] french

 

[HardWareBoss]

How soon till we hit 7GHZ never mind 9GHZ?

 

[Crashman]

The P4 will go to at least 6GHz, but might be renamed before then.

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[juin]

2006 2007 on tejas 0.65 as futher will be on nephalem (p8)

[-peep-] french

 

[knewt]

I believe the interview you are referring to about the Nehalem was not literal. His words were something like "they will probably call Pentium 8 or something". It makes no sense. Intel would have to skip over a number for that to work. ie Prescott=P5, Tejas=P6, Nehalem=P8

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[juin]

P8 P7 P5 in others word 886 786 586

Pentium 4 is 7*X86 generation or architucture.
Nephalem is the new architecture that run on X86 so move to P8 and a unknow commercial name

[-peep-] french

 

[HardWareBoss]

P4 6GHz will be Tejas. Prescott maxes at 5.5 Unless Intel decides to push it to 6GHz.