prescott, northwood, etc..

what are all these names?? prescott, northwood, canterwood...etc etc....
what is the relationship between them and intel or amd or whatever...??

Nico -- Nick

They are codenames for processors (CPUs) or chipsets (a set of chips from which a motherboard can be manufactured). The codenames designate an individual architecture. I think I'd better give you a few examples, so you can understand the general idea.

<b>CPU Codenames</b>
P4:
-Willamette: P4s from 1.4 to 2.0Ghz, running 400Mhz FSB. Used 180nm technology.
-Northwood: P4s from 2.0 to 3.4Ghz, running either 400Mhz, 533Mhz FSB or 800Mhz FSB. 5-10% faster than Willamette. Some of them come with HT enabled; all of them have HT circuitry, some disabled. Uses 130nm technology.
-Prescott: Next generation of P4s, from 2.8Ghz to 4.xGhz. It's very likely that this generation of P4s has 64-bit circuitry, but as far as we all know, it will be initially disabled. Uses 90nm technology, and is the first commercial chip to do so. More information on it tomorrow; it is to be launched tomorrow.

Athlon XP
-Palomino: Initial Athlon XP, was available at 1.333Ghz to 1.733Ghz (1500+ to 2100+). Used 180nm technology and 266Mhz FSB.
-Thoroughbred A: Better core; better thermal protection. Still uses a 266Mhz FSB; it went all the way from 1.4Ghz to 1.8Ghz (1600+ to 2200+).
-Thoroughbred B, 266Mhz FSB: Enhanced core for clock scaling (extra layer of copper interconnects). From 1.4Ghz to 2.133Ghz (1600+ to 2600+)
-Thoroughbred B, 333Mhz FSB: Higher FSB is the only difference. Went all the way to 2800+ (2250Mhz).
-Barton (400Mhz FSB) - Higher FSB and better core, but somewhat slower clock speeds. Came in 2500, 2600, 2800, 3000 and 3200 flavors.

And there are also the chipsets... I'll just name Intel's, cause it looks a bit more organized.

<b>Chipset codenames</b>

-Springdale, i865 - Mainstream platform with support for 800Mhz and dual DDR400. Typical mobo: P4P800 from asus.
-Canterwood, i875 - State-of-the-art platform; identical to springdale, except for PAT (performance acceleration technology), which is supposed to boost speed by a few percentage points.
-(NEW - March 2004) Grantsdale, i915 - Mainstream platform for LGA775 (Intel's new socket) and prescott. Supports PCI-Express, a new PCI and AGP-replacement technology, and DDR-2, which enables higher memory bandwidth.
-(NEW - March 2004) Alderwood, i925X - State-of-the-art platform for prescott and LGA775 processors. Same as Grantsdale, except for PAT, again.


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thank you soooooooo much mephistopheles !!

you gave me an awesome explanation I couldn't find anywhere else !!!
I didn't even imagine those names were that !!

thanx a lot buddy !

you should teach solidarity to our friend pitsi here


Nico -- Nick

My reply to you was mainly because of this.

For me, the "etc etc" list is endless, and that's why I found it impossible for me to answer your question. There are so many things out there that I could just sit here and type for hours. Anyway, there is no reason to get offended. My intention wasn't that, and the fact that almost nobody nowadays uses the "search button" is a reality (and it doesn't really matter if you are one of them or not). I've seen how excited you were because of Mephistocles answer there, and although a great post, it can not be described as "completed" by any way. You should still search and find more info about those things (<b>and others</b> ) by yourself.

Nice explanation! I was under the impression Prescott was codename for the p5 :| Also, does that mean this Tejas chap is the p5?

XP2000, 256ddr 2100ram, GF4 MX440, XP Pro

Actually, it's not quite clear as to which processor will be called Pentium 5, or if there will be a P5 at all. Try <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=168418#168418" target="_new">these roadmaps</A>, they suggest Tejas is actually P5. Or whenever they activate x86-64...

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