Intel Unveils New Class of Pentium 4's

[MacBytes]

Category: 3rd Party Hardware
Link: Intel Unveils New Class of Pentium 4's (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20050221085840)
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[Chaszmyr]

If Intel finally updated, it's time for Apple to start pushing out new PowerMacs.

[mad jew]

I read about this somewhere else. It mentioned something about better laptop capabilities such as power management. Doesn't Intel have a dedicated laptop chip, or is it based on this P4?

Nevertheless, it's good news because it's moving the game along (even if the PPC architecture has nothing to do with x86 so the benefits probably wont directly be integrated into G5s etc...)

[kerb]

I read about this somewhere else. It mentioned something about better laptop capabilities such as power management. Doesn't Intel have a dedicated laptop chip, or is it based on this P4?

Nevertheless, it's good news because it's moving the game along (even if the PPC architecture has nothing to do with x86 so the benefits probably wont directly be integrated into G5s etc...)

Intel M is their dedicated laptop chip.

[Chaszmyr]

This new chip has better power conservation than the old Pentium 4, but not as good as the new Pentium M, but should be faster than the Pentium M... Assuming I understand things correctly.

[iGary]

If Intel finally updated, it's time for Apple to start pushing out new PowerMacs.

Yep, and they need to be 3GHz, and avilable with a decent time frame after ordering.

[mad jew]

Intel M is their dedicated laptop chip.

Doesn't it seem weird then that they're putting resources into laptop features on their leading desktop processor? Then again, this is a company still building x86! :D

[edesignuk]

Doesn't it seem weird then that they're putting resources into laptop features on their leading desktop processor? Then again, this is a company still building x86! :D
Not at all. The P-M was a far better chip that the previous P4. This is exactly what Intel should be doing.

[applekid]

Intel is relying on big caches it seems. The Motorola G4s relied on big caches and look at what that meant for us. I don't suspect it isn't as bad a thing as what we had though. Intel probably has a strong grip on the market despite all of the competition.

[Chaszmyr]

Not at all. The P-M was a far better chip that the previous P4. This is exactly what Intel should be doing.

Indeed. It's nice to see Intel focussing on quality rather than raw gigaherz

[edesignuk]

Intel is relying on big caches it seems. The Motorola G4s relied on big caches and look at what that meant for us. I don't suspect it isn't as bad a thing as what we had though. Intel probably has a strong grip on the market despite all of the competition.Difference is Moto stopped at that, Intel are hard at work on dual-core for the near future, and all sorts of fancy stuff (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=110960) for years to come. Intel are nothing like Moto.

[Santaduck]

The bus speeds on these (esp. the gamer version) is getting impressive.

And Turion??? Chip names are becoming as lame as some automobile names these days...