Intel dual core chipset details disclosed
SOURCES FROM people close to Intel's plans showed us details of what the firm intends to do with its Glenwood and Lakeport chipsets next year at Oliver's Bar in Dublin earlier this week and at something like two o'clock in the morning.
Don't forget, Intel's Leixlip fabrication plant is based in Dublin too, and some Chipzilla folk are always up for the craic.
While Intel was preparing Her Majesty's Press for its "right hand turn" later in the week, it has already been chatting to its customers about a number of elements in Glenwood and Lakeport, which will support the chip firm's "Smithfield" SKUs.
Intel dual desktop core chips to be called x20, x30, x40
THE LONG AWAITED Intel roadmaps which specify details of its shift from the Pentium 4 to dual core processors have been shown to its OEM customers.
And it appears that when the first "Smithfield" core processors are launched in the third quarter of next year, they will be called the x20, the x30 and the x40. An x20 is a twin 1MB L2 cache processor supporting EM64T extensions and the "execute disable" bit.
Intel Dempsey ready for Blackford, Greencreek punch-up
INTEL IS pretty committed to dual core technology across all of its microprocessor range but it won't be until 2006 that we'll see the Dempsey chip and the Blackford Greencreek chipsets to support it.
And in 2006 we'll also see the Paxville and Ylsa tech, with Intel hoping to provide Twin Castle compatibility in the third quarter of 2006 - these will use 65 nanometre technology. Tulsa is slated to come in the second half of 2006, a fair way away and certainly more than 24 hours.
Blackford/Greencreek support dual cores, better power management, better storage controllers and a dual independent bus. This is a way away.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Intel Confirms Dual-Core Desktop 'Smithfield'
Intel today publicly confirmed the existence of 'Smithfield', the dual-core desktop processor it expects to ship mid-2005 and which started appearing on the company's internal roadmaps this past Summer.
However, the chip giant also acknowledged, again for the first time, that the chip may not be known as the Pentium 4. Even if that's the case, Smithfield may simply be two of today's P4s glued together in the same package, it emerged.
Steve Smith, VP for the Intel's Desktop Platforms Group, said Smithfield will initially be fabbed using Intel's 90nm process, but would migrate to 65nm in 2006.
By the end of that year, Intel expects over 70 per cent of its desktop CPU production to be dual-core chips, Smith said. That's an aggressive ramp, particularly since it's taken more than two years to get HT into 65 per cent of the desktops chips Intel will ship this year.
However, the chip giant also acknowledged, again for the first time, that the chip may not be known as the Pentium 4. Even if that's the case, Smithfield may simply be two of today's P4s glued together in the same package, it emerged.
Steve Smith, VP for the Intel's Desktop Platforms Group, said Smithfield will initially be fabbed using Intel's 90nm process, but would migrate to 65nm in 2006.
By the end of that year, Intel expects over 70 per cent of its desktop CPU production to be dual-core chips, Smith said. That's an aggressive ramp, particularly since it's taken more than two years to get HT into 65 per cent of the desktops chips Intel will ship this year.
Intel dual-core chips set to ship
A few PC makers will start selling PCs containing dual-core chips from Intel on Monday, three days ahead of the debut of the dual cores.
Dell, Alienware and a few others are preparing to take orders on Monday for PCs containing these chips, an Intel spokesman said. The companies will also be able to ship these PCs to customers. Although volumes of the Extreme Edition Pentium 4, code-named Smithfield, will initially be low, Intel will ship millions of dual-core chips by the end of the year, the spokesman said.
By the end of 2006, Intel expects that 70 percent of its server chips and 85 percent of its desktop and notebook chips will be dual core, the company has said.
Intel's pre-emptive strike will likely give it the right to claim being the first to ship dual-core x86 chips. Advanced Micro Devices is slated to release dual-core Opteron chips for servers and workstations on April 21. Hewlett-Packard, however, is currently taking preorders on dual-core Opteron servers.
Intel's dual-core chips will run at 3.2GHz, slower than existing Pentium 4s, and will have an 800MHz system bus. Each core will also have 1MB of cache, less than the 2MB of cache found on a single-core chip's computing core. Still, the overall performance will be better than existing chips, Intel says, and will allow PC users to fluidly run two applications at once.
The chip will also contain HyperThreading, which allows the processing cores to take on more simultaneous tasks. A scaled-down version of Smithfield without HyperThreading will arrive later in the quarter.
AMD, though, still has a few days to spoil the party. In 2000, Intel secretly moved up the release date of its first 1GHz chip from around June to March 8. After the news broke, AMD moved the date of its first 1GHz chip up a few months to March 6.
Intel's dual-core release will come the day before the 40th anniversary of Moore's Law, the famed observation that the number of transistors on a chip can double every two years.
Dell, Alienware and a few others are preparing to take orders on Monday for PCs containing these chips, an Intel spokesman said. The companies will also be able to ship these PCs to customers. Although volumes of the Extreme Edition Pentium 4, code-named Smithfield, will initially be low, Intel will ship millions of dual-core chips by the end of the year, the spokesman said.
By the end of 2006, Intel expects that 70 percent of its server chips and 85 percent of its desktop and notebook chips will be dual core, the company has said.
Intel's pre-emptive strike will likely give it the right to claim being the first to ship dual-core x86 chips. Advanced Micro Devices is slated to release dual-core Opteron chips for servers and workstations on April 21. Hewlett-Packard, however, is currently taking preorders on dual-core Opteron servers.
Intel's dual-core chips will run at 3.2GHz, slower than existing Pentium 4s, and will have an 800MHz system bus. Each core will also have 1MB of cache, less than the 2MB of cache found on a single-core chip's computing core. Still, the overall performance will be better than existing chips, Intel says, and will allow PC users to fluidly run two applications at once.
The chip will also contain HyperThreading, which allows the processing cores to take on more simultaneous tasks. A scaled-down version of Smithfield without HyperThreading will arrive later in the quarter.
AMD, though, still has a few days to spoil the party. In 2000, Intel secretly moved up the release date of its first 1GHz chip from around June to March 8. After the news broke, AMD moved the date of its first 1GHz chip up a few months to March 6.
Intel's dual-core release will come the day before the 40th anniversary of Moore's Law, the famed observation that the number of transistors on a chip can double every two years.
Dual-core desktops hit the market
PC makers rolled out their first dual-core processor desktop PCs on Monday as expected--and they aren't cheap.
Alienware, Dell and lesser-known maker Velocity Micro are among the first to begin taking orders on dual-core desktops. Their machines are based on Intel's Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 processor, the first dual-core PC processor to hit the market. The chip contains twin 3.2GHz processor cores; its companion Intel 955X Express chipset fosters faster memory and other improvements.
Dell dual core PC
The desktops, which start at about $2,300 to $3,000, are aimed at home multimedia and gaming enthusiasts who want the latest technology, as well as professionals in areas such as video editing. The chips represent Intel's latest thinking on advancing PC processors. Instead of driving rapid increases in speed, the chipmaker is now focusing on adding performance by stuffing additional processor cores into each of its chips, as well as building in new features such as virtualization, which helps carve a PC into different partitions to simultaneously tackle different jobs.
For now, dual-core chips will sit at the top of the PC pyramid, where hot-rod desktops, which cost thousands of dollars, are used for gaming, multimedia or professional applications. The dual-core machines represent a rather large jump over the sub-$1,000 desktops most consumers purchase. However, less expensive desktops will be fitted with dual-core chips over time.
While it shipped the Extreme Edition chip this month, Intel isn't the only chipmaker with dual-core plans. Rival Advanced Micro Devices is expected to unfurl its first dual-core processor, an Opteron chip for servers, later this week. Thus AMD, which will make the announcement ahead of schedule, can claim a first in offering a dual-core x86 server chip. (The term x86 refers to the architectural underpinnings of Intel and AMD PC processors.) The new dual-core Opteron is expected to spawn multiple new servers.
AMD is also expected to reveal plans to put dual-core Athlon chips for PCs on sale in June.
Alienware, Dell and lesser-known maker Velocity Micro are among the first to begin taking orders on dual-core desktops. Their machines are based on Intel's Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 processor, the first dual-core PC processor to hit the market. The chip contains twin 3.2GHz processor cores; its companion Intel 955X Express chipset fosters faster memory and other improvements.
Dell dual core PC
The desktops, which start at about $2,300 to $3,000, are aimed at home multimedia and gaming enthusiasts who want the latest technology, as well as professionals in areas such as video editing. The chips represent Intel's latest thinking on advancing PC processors. Instead of driving rapid increases in speed, the chipmaker is now focusing on adding performance by stuffing additional processor cores into each of its chips, as well as building in new features such as virtualization, which helps carve a PC into different partitions to simultaneously tackle different jobs.
For now, dual-core chips will sit at the top of the PC pyramid, where hot-rod desktops, which cost thousands of dollars, are used for gaming, multimedia or professional applications. The dual-core machines represent a rather large jump over the sub-$1,000 desktops most consumers purchase. However, less expensive desktops will be fitted with dual-core chips over time.
While it shipped the Extreme Edition chip this month, Intel isn't the only chipmaker with dual-core plans. Rival Advanced Micro Devices is expected to unfurl its first dual-core processor, an Opteron chip for servers, later this week. Thus AMD, which will make the announcement ahead of schedule, can claim a first in offering a dual-core x86 server chip. (The term x86 refers to the architectural underpinnings of Intel and AMD PC processors.) The new dual-core Opteron is expected to spawn multiple new servers.
AMD is also expected to reveal plans to put dual-core Athlon chips for PCs on sale in June.
AMD Delivers Dual-Core Desktop Chips
As expected in the post “AMD’s Dual Core Athlon64 X2 Debut” early this month, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to launch four dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processors–the 4800+, the 4600+, the 4400+ and the 4200+ in Taiwan on Tuesday, May 31, 2005.
Seckler pointed out a very valid reason to go for Dual Core processors - It drives down the software licenses costs, because with Dual Core you can do more with less. :)
As compared to the price listed in previous Intel Pentium D processors, AMD Dual Core chips seem to have high price tag. However, Seckler said: “We are going to appeal to people who appreciate the performance benefits.” :) Anyway, just in case the company runs out of people who appreciate performance, AMD will also strive to bring down the price over the next 18 months, Seckler said too.
The debut of the dual-core chips also means the beginning of the end for the Athlon 64 line, because AMD doesn’t have immediate plans for new Athlon 64s yet. There are also no current plans to come out with a dual-core chip for the Sempron line, AMD’s budget processor.
The chips are available now, dealers in Singapore and Taiwan can already get processors to put into house-brand PCs. However, PCs won’t be expected to hit the shelves for a few weeks.
Seckler pointed out a very valid reason to go for Dual Core processors - It drives down the software licenses costs, because with Dual Core you can do more with less. :)
As compared to the price listed in previous Intel Pentium D processors, AMD Dual Core chips seem to have high price tag. However, Seckler said: “We are going to appeal to people who appreciate the performance benefits.” :) Anyway, just in case the company runs out of people who appreciate performance, AMD will also strive to bring down the price over the next 18 months, Seckler said too.
The debut of the dual-core chips also means the beginning of the end for the Athlon 64 line, because AMD doesn’t have immediate plans for new Athlon 64s yet. There are also no current plans to come out with a dual-core chip for the Sempron line, AMD’s budget processor.
The chips are available now, dealers in Singapore and Taiwan can already get processors to put into house-brand PCs. However, PCs won’t be expected to hit the shelves for a few weeks.
AMD Beats Intel In Dual Core Fight
Both AMD Dual Core Athlon X2 and Intel Dual Core Pentium EE 840 are already hit the market in previous weeks. PC World has just tested both AMD and Intel Dual Core chips and concluded the winner is clearly AMD’s new Athlon 64 X2, which handily outdistanced a dual-core Intel system they tested last month.
Don’t mix up AMD Dual Core
Opteron with Athlon X2, same goes to Intel Dual Core Pentium EE 840 with Pentium D. In PC World’s recent tests, they were testing AMD Athlon X2 and Intel Pentium EE
840, the result from the tests is an obvious one. The performance chart clearly shows that PC equipped with AMD’s Dual-Core chip beats Intel’s Dual-Core system.
Don’t mix up AMD Dual Core
Opteron with Athlon X2, same goes to Intel Dual Core Pentium EE 840 with Pentium D. In PC World’s recent tests, they were testing AMD Athlon X2 and Intel Pentium EE
840, the result from the tests is an obvious one. The performance chart clearly shows that PC equipped with AMD’s Dual-Core chip beats Intel’s Dual-Core system.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Programming the Cell Processor:For Games, Graphics, and Computation 1 Book Cased (Hardback)
IBM's Cell processor delivers truly stunning computational power: enough to satisfy even the most demanding gamers and graphics developers. That's why Sony chose the Cell to drive its breakthrough PlayStation 3 and why Cell processors are at the heart of today's most powerful supercomputers. But many developers have struggled to create high-performance Cell applications: the practical, coherent information they need simply hasn't existed.
Programming the Cell Processor solves that problem once and for all. Whether you're a game developer, graphics programmer, or engineer, Matthew Scarpino shows you how to create applications that leverage all the Cell's extraordinary power. Scarpino covers everything from the Cell's advanced architecture to its powerful tools and libraries, presenting realistic code examples that help you gain an increasingly deep and intuitive understanding of Cell development.
Scarpino illuminates each of the Cell's most important technical innovations, introduces the commands needed to access its power, and walks you through the entire development process, including compiling, linking, debugging, and simulating code. He also offers start-to-finish case studies for three especially important Cell applications: games, graphics, and scientific computing. The Cell platform offers unprecedented potential, and this book will help you make the most of it.
1) Mastering the Cell SDK, including the GCC-based buildchain, ppu-gdb/spu-gdb debuggers, IBM Full System Simulator, and Cell IDE
2) Understanding the Cell's central processing core, the PowerPC Processor Unit (PPU): structure, programming libraries, and AltiVec instructions
3) Programming the Synergistic Processor Unit (SPU): vector processing, communication, caching, assembler coding, and more
4) Leveraging SDK vector and matrix libraries, including the Large Matrix Library, BLAS Library, FFT libraries, Multiprecision Library, and Monte Carlo API
5) Coding basic 2D graphics using the Linux frame buffer
6) Building 3D graphics with the new Gallium OpenGL library
7) Constructing 3D games with Ogre3D and packaging them using Collada digital content interchange
8) Optimizing the performance of your Cell applications
9) Developing on standard PCs and transferring code to Cell systems such as the PlayStation 3
Programming the Cell Processor solves that problem once and for all. Whether you're a game developer, graphics programmer, or engineer, Matthew Scarpino shows you how to create applications that leverage all the Cell's extraordinary power. Scarpino covers everything from the Cell's advanced architecture to its powerful tools and libraries, presenting realistic code examples that help you gain an increasingly deep and intuitive understanding of Cell development.
Scarpino illuminates each of the Cell's most important technical innovations, introduces the commands needed to access its power, and walks you through the entire development process, including compiling, linking, debugging, and simulating code. He also offers start-to-finish case studies for three especially important Cell applications: games, graphics, and scientific computing. The Cell platform offers unprecedented potential, and this book will help you make the most of it.
1) Mastering the Cell SDK, including the GCC-based buildchain, ppu-gdb/spu-gdb debuggers, IBM Full System Simulator, and Cell IDE
2) Understanding the Cell's central processing core, the PowerPC Processor Unit (PPU): structure, programming libraries, and AltiVec instructions
3) Programming the Synergistic Processor Unit (SPU): vector processing, communication, caching, assembler coding, and more
4) Leveraging SDK vector and matrix libraries, including the Large Matrix Library, BLAS Library, FFT libraries, Multiprecision Library, and Monte Carlo API
5) Coding basic 2D graphics using the Linux frame buffer
6) Building 3D graphics with the new Gallium OpenGL library
7) Constructing 3D games with Ogre3D and packaging them using Collada digital content interchange
8) Optimizing the performance of your Cell applications
9) Developing on standard PCs and transferring code to Cell systems such as the PlayStation 3
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