Pentium III beats Pentium 4?
05/08/06 11:17 PM |
Intel
In a manner of speaking, anyway.
Did you know that the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo chips are actually much, much, much closer to a Pentium III chip design than the Pentium 4? Yep, the branch prediction technology in the Pentium 4 never paid off in the way Intel hoped.
The chip manufacturer went back to a never-released version of the Pentium III that had on-chip graphics and used that as the basis for the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo. And all the users in the world say "Thank God."
Did you know that the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo chips are actually much, much, much closer to a Pentium III chip design than the Pentium 4? Yep, the branch prediction technology in the Pentium 4 never paid off in the way Intel hoped.
The chip manufacturer went back to a never-released version of the Pentium III that had on-chip graphics and used that as the basis for the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo. And all the users in the world say "Thank God."
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