Pentium 4 Whats next?

[Rabbitrunner51]

OK! now its all about the high end P4's and AthlonXp's but what is the story on the newest 64 bit architechture processors? Are we looking to get a P5 or what? How about a processor that rakes up to 5GHZ? would this be impossible.There is only so much a single processor can do and then the future will be two at the same time,like the dual Zeons are now.

 

[sturm]

There is a "P5" in the works that will do above 5ghz. Not sure when its due out or the specs but Intel is working on it.

 

[ChipDeath]

How about a processor that rakes up to 5GHZ? would this be impossible

When Intel designed the P4 architecture they stated it was designed to scale up to 10Ghz (With process shrinks and minor optimizations). Whilst that's always going to be optimistic, 5Ghz should be no problem in a few years.

then the future will be two at the same time

Well Intel's hyperthreading is kind of a step in that direction - not 2 actual CPUs of course, but the CPU has 2 execution units. I do agree that multiple cores will be a sensible step. The only issue of course is that writing a multi-threaded application that properly utilizes both(or however many) processors is <i>much</i> more difficult than writing for just one CPU.

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