How fast will Intel push P4's

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

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.

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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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>

If you mean P7 architecture around 7GHZ to 9GHZ

P4 the marketing name marketing decision

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

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