I've just realised why Intel have issued the statement about Prescott's not working in current motherboards.
And it's not for technical reasons (at least not ones they can't work around).
Think about it.
They are going to call this a Pentium 5.
They can't have people swapping Pentium 4s and 5s in the same motherboard, think of the lost revenue, the potential headaches with the other, older P4 motherboards etc, the confusion....
No, easier to start a new chip with a new chipset to make it all nice and easy. And make everyone buy all new hardware in the meantime.
Why not invent all new RAM whilst you're at it? And a new motherboard form-factor too! 2" x 30" sounds good to me.
Bloody gits.....
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And it's not for technical reasons (at least not ones they can't work around).
Think about it.
They are going to call this a Pentium 5.
They can't have people swapping Pentium 4s and 5s in the same motherboard, think of the lost revenue, the potential headaches with the other, older P4 motherboards etc, the confusion....
No, easier to start a new chip with a new chipset to make it all nice and easy. And make everyone buy all new hardware in the meantime.
Why not invent all new RAM whilst you're at it? And a new motherboard form-factor too! 2" x 30" sounds good to me.
Bloody gits.....
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