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Intel is jumping on the bandwagon!
Discuss Intel is jumping on the bandwagon!
Posted by: mikesgroovin
Intel just announced that they are going to drop the speed of it's processors off of the actual processor name. So soon, P4s will be the "500 Series", Celerons will be the "300 Series" and P4 Extremes will be the "700 Series". Looks like they liked how the name of the processor totally explains the performance and not just the speed! Hmmm.....think someone has done that before......oh yea! AMD was all over that years ago! LOL.
I suppose it's a good thing though....
[url=http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115840,00.asp]The article is here[/url]
-Mike
Posted by: Qiranworms
I never expected that one. :D Quite funny, actually.
Anyhow, I'm wondering what's going to happen to the server chips, namely the Xeon and the Itanium processors. 900 series? 1100 series?
Posted by: modemide
lol .. at least with amd, you know the equivelant speed,
ie 3000+ ~= 3 GHZ
this has the potential for getting confusing :(
Posted by: xpuser
they copied bmw
i read this
300 represents the bmw 3-seires
500 represents the bmw 5-sieres
700 represents the bmw 7-seires
Posted by: mikesgroovin
Right.....I'm sure that this is exactly what they had in mind... :rolleyes:
;)
Posted by: magnum70
It's going to confuse me. 300 this 3200 that. I hope I dont buy an amd processor when i wanted to buy and intel. I wonder if it will be put on mobo's too. Then it would confuse me even more.
Posted by: bubbles
actually Intel has used the whole number system before. Actually they've used it since 1971 w/ the 4004 microprocessors. The Pentium naming convention was started later.
BTW AMD chips are just knockoffs of intel chips. This is from the cross-licensing agreements signed back in '76. Intel give AMD there chip information to avoid having a monopoly.
Posted by: beedubaya
But it looks as if AMD is now gaining an edge on intel with its own products. Quite amazing, since four years ago I knew very few people who had anything other than an Intel processor. Now everybody I know has AMD.
Posted by: bubbles
I doubt they gain much of marketshare on Intel. They dont have the resources to fully manufacture and create a new chipset. It costs too much money to design chips and create fully new technology. AMD just filed a suit against Intel in Europe claiming that Intel has a monopoly.
Posted by: didi
Intel is following AMD performance-rate style for naming their CPU.But i think is a bit of confusing.
Posted by: zr2d2
I do too. Unless the numbers match up, as in AMD's line
3200=3.2 GHz
but if its 300's, 500's and 700's, then maby
732=3.2 GHz P4
Posted by: mikesgroovin
But, thats the thing. AMDs names DON'T match the actual rate. Just a performance equalivalent. AMD's 3200+ only runs at 2.2 GHz....not 3.2GHz
Posted by: XT
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by mikesgroovin [/i]
[B]Intel just announced that they are going to drop the speed of it's processors off of the actual processor name. So soon, P4s will be the "500 Series", Celerons will be the "300 Series" and P4 Extremes will be the "700 Series". Looks like they liked how the name of the processor totally explains the performance and not just the speed! Hmmm.....think someone has done that before......oh yea! AMD was all over that years ago! LOL.
I suppose it's a good thing though....
[url=http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115840,00.asp]The article is here[/url]
-Mike [/B][/QUOTE]
A very un expected move as intel knows they getover 15% of there sales because of people thinking the higher the clock speed the better the chip.
Posted by: OIDanTheManIO
they are just jealous of amd
Posted by: ohGrFreak
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by modemide [/i]
[B]lol .. at least with amd, you know the equivelant speed,
ie 3000+ ~= 3 GHZ
this has the potential for getting confusing :( [/B][/QUOTE]
Nope. My 2400 AMD XP runs at 1.99 Ghz. It's a 1.99 Ghz chip that is supposed to "act" like a 2.4 Ghz chip, and it does a terrible job at it.
Posted by: Jerry Edwards
AMD has for years been picking up marketshare. They do not have the money like Intel, But they have been at the cutting edge of future technology in the past 5 or so years and are building chips for the future. I had an intel years ago, didnt care much for it and then I tried an AMD and have never looked. I have a 1900 XP and it runs like a dream.
Intel is changing its numbering system strictly because of AMDs sucess.
Jerry
Posted by: ThePCmaN
it has to be that... because if uve noticed.. everyone is tellin people that want to know what a good CPU is for their new PC.. and what do they tell em.. AMD Athlon 64's.. they hit the 64 bit CPU b4 Intel!! and they prolly think now AMD is gonna start catchin up with this 64bit CPU, because every gamer and semi gamer either already has an AMD 64 or is tryin to upgrade to it..so now Intel is gonna try n change their #s around and then try n come out with a 64 bit CPU after that