Intel: a few details on the Itanium

Intel mentioned its Itaniums at a recent Conference. PAS new technical details, but the interesting information about the improvements of the new architecture.

The Hotchips Conference, Intel has unveiled a few new details about its next generation of processors called "Itanium" (code name: Poulson). Among info confirmed, and already known, talking about 8 hearts and 3.1 billion transistors for a fineness of engraving of 32 nm.

But Intel also addressed three key points that will be improved. At the level of the architecture, the Intel Instruction Reply will be able to correct errors running in real time in the pipeline. Hyper-Threading will be also improved to allow an independent entry and exit of the pipeline for a multi-tasking better compartmentalized. And new operations will be possible, whether it is to deal with integers or have new options for control over the hearts of execution, to ensure the evolution of the Itanium architecture-based on the long term.

Note that the Intel Itanium are not expected before 2012.

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Intel: a few details on the Itanium

Intel mentioned its Itaniums at a recent Conference. PAS new technical details, but the interesting information about the improvements of the new architecture.

The Hotchips Conference, Intel has unveiled a few new details about its next generation of processors called "Itanium" (code name: Poulson). Among info confirmed, and already known, talking about 8 hearts and 3.1 billion transistors for a fineness of engraving of 32 nm.

But Intel also addressed three key points that will be improved. At the level of the architecture, the Intel Instruction Reply will be able to correct errors running in real time in the pipeline. Hyper-Threading will be also improved to allow an independent entry and exit of the pipeline for a multi-tasking better compartmentalized. And new operations will be possible, whether it is to deal with integers or have new options for control over the hearts of execution, to ensure the evolution of the Itanium architecture-based on the long term.

Note that the Intel Itanium are not expected before 2012.

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Nostalgeek 2001 (15) : DVD+RW, Itanium et 130 nm

Week very quiet, even though the roadmap Intel indicate that the Itanium looks and that consumer models emerge in 2005. Fortunately, the Celeron 850 MHz arrives and the roadmap indicate that the Pentium 4 will reach 2 GHz 180 nm and at least 2.4 GHz 130 nm. Finally, the Pentium III 130 nm are expected in the third quarter to 1.26 GHz.In 2011, the Itanium is dead and Intel adopted extensions to AMD 64 bits (with some modifications). The Pentium 4 well completed their life to 2 GHz in 180 nm but Northwood (130 nm) peaked at 3.4 GHz and same 3.46 GHz with the Gallatin. The Pentium III 130 nm, it reached 1.4 GHz.In storage, Philips printmakers better manage the problems of insufficient cache with the Ultra Buffer memory and the battle between the formats of DVD is raging. DVD + RW it seems, is the winner in the re-writable formats.

In 2011, cache problems are very rare: hard drives are fast enough to power a burner while performing another task. The war between DVD-R and DVD + R is obviously complete optical drives are all now able to read all formats, and another war took place (it also completed), that between the Blu - ray and HD DVD.

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Nostalgeek 2001 (15) : DVD+RW, Itanium et 130 nm

This summer, we offer you the return of a topic, Nostalgeek. And we decided to dwell on a specific year: 2001. Distant and close both the year 2001 is interesting to analyze, to show developments in the high-tech in 10 years. Every day, during the holidays, we will offer you a retrospective of a week of 2001, with the news of the day and a small analysis on what there is in 2011. April, 2001. 10 Years ago.

Week very quiet, even though the roadmap Intel indicate that the Itanium looks and that consumer models emerge in 2005. Fortunately, the Celeron 850 MHz arrives and the roadmap indicate that the Pentium 4 will reach 2 GHz 180 nm and at least 2.4 GHz 130 nm. Finally, the Pentium III 130 nm are expected in the third quarter to 1.26 GHz.In 2011, the Itanium is dead and Intel adopted extensions to AMD 64 bits (with some modifications). The Pentium 4 well completed their life to 2 GHz in 180 nm but Northwood (130 nm) peaked at 3.4 GHz and same 3.46 GHz with the Gallatin. The Pentium III 130 nm, it reached 1.4 GHz.In storage, Philips printmakers better manage the problems of insufficient cache with the Ultra Buffer memory and the battle between the formats of DVD is raging. DVD + RW it seems, is the winner in the re-writable formats.In 2011, cache problems are very rare: hard drives are fast enough to power a burner while performing another task. The war between DVD-R and DVD + R is obviously complete optical drives are all now able to read all formats, and another war took place (it also completed), that between the Blu - ray and HD DVD.

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