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Intel Hall in Taipei Computex today announced development Atom Processor codenamed Dimondville GA, defined for Intel Netbook and Nettop cheap notebook/PC market.
Dimondville and released before the Silverthrone with 45nm single core, and trade names are the Atom, many consumers may have on this confusion, we are here for people sort out their differences and similarities.

First of all, its market position, while the same name as the Atom, but product line has a sharp distinction between Dimondville and Silverthrone are for. Posted on April, IDF Silverthrone for mobile Internet devices MID, scooped up high-performance portable computing , matching SCH chipset (codenamed Poulsbo). If combined with Intel wireless network adapter, and meet Intel battery design specifications and requirements, can be labeled as “Centrino Atom” (Centrino Atom) platform.

Silverthorne-series Atom Processors and chipsets

And Dimondville released today for Netbook and Nettop, scooped up cheap laptops and desktops with low power consumption , matching 945 Series chipsets. Intel also provides a platform that has been specially released today Z-P230 cheap series PATA solid state hard drive to facilitate downstream manufacturers select.

Dimondville-series Atom Processors and chipsets

Silverthrone Atom Processor Z500 series, and Dimondville Atom includes two models, namely Atom N270 and Atom 230. Two processors are the 45nm process, 1.6GHz,533MHz FSB frequency, cache, including 32KB 24KB data and instruction cache cache, 512KB secondary caches, but have slightly different:

Atom N270 Netbook cheap notebooks, TDP is 2.5W, the average power consumption 0.6W, power management modes support C0 to C4 States, matching 945GSE+ICH7M chipset.

Atom 230 Nettop value PC desktops, TDP 4.0W, power management mode only supports the C0 and C1, matching 945GC chipset.

By contrast, the core Atom Z500 series TDP Silverthrone is 2W (1.6GHz model), but support the C0 to C6 power-saving state, matching SCH chipset is actually based on 915 series. In addition, Silverthrone package area as 13x14mm, and Dimondville FCBGA8 package size of 22x22mm.

More important is that to distinguish between different Netbook and MID market positioning, Silverthorne price more than 1 time expensive than Dimondville times. Dimondville series, N270 quote $ 44 , 230 price to US $ 29 . Silverthorne 1.6GHz Z530 matching SCH chipset prices reach $ 95 .

Intel expects this Computex show will have more than 10 companies based on the Dimondville of Netbook/Nettop products, including Acer, ASUS, elite, and gigabyte, malata, Medion, micro-, and quanta, Hao Xin etc, be Sylvania, Toshiba join during the year.

The other hand, Intel is also combined with many vendors at the Computex show based on Silverthorne “Centrino Atom” MID products, including ASUS, BenQ, Clarion (Hitachi), Fujitsu, gigabyte, Panasonic, sharp, USI, and so on. At the same time, Intel will also show combined with more than 50 software vendor MID platform software on the application, including the Joost video, Siano mobile TV, Gemtek and Samsung’s wireless networking products.

Intel research personnel think due to transistor physical size will reached limit, so Moore law will in 20 years Hou go to life end: “under recently of research report pointed out that, semiconductor industry has always been on instructions from my for golden rule of” Moore law “(Moore’s Law) is about to go to end. even also has about 20 years of time, but Intel of research personnel recently by published of research theory pointed out that, chip manufacturer in narrow electric Crystal (transistors) Technical bottlenecks: the past this has been made smaller, less power consumption, cheaper processors in the main method.

A conservative estimate, 2018 manufacturers will be able to enter 16 Nanotech process, perhaps you still have one or two processes progress, but this is the end. Intel’s technology policy Director Paolo Gargini, said: “it seems to be a fundamental limit. “This cooperation by four authors wrote” limit of extension of binary logic development-Gedanken Model “(Limits to Binary Logic Switch Scaling–A Gedanken Model) reports by the IEEE (Institute of electrical and mechanical services) published in November.”

According to xbitlabs reports, besides 3.4GHz Pentium4 XE processors, Intel launch 0.09 Micron is unlikely next year XE processor. Desktop processors Intel XE series integrated 2MB three-level cache.

Currently Intel Pentium4 XE processor launch, 0.13 micron manufacturing process and Gallation kernel, and follow-up of the Gallatin core products-Potomac can only be released to the first quarter of 2005, except now 3.2GHz Pentium4 XE processor, and 2004 will be published 3.4GHz Pentium4 XE processors, Intel2004 is unlikely to launch 0.09 Micron Pentium4 XE processor.

Intel recent revealed they will provide global top 500 free Itanium2 system trial. it’s Intel held one “try before buying” activities proposed. Intel partners have the opportunity to get free testing Itanium2 systems, which include HP, IBM, wave, NEC, Samsung, SGI, Unisys, and systembuilders, BEA, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and SAS.Intel claims that global top 25 companies, 14 have been purchased or are in trial Itanium2 system, and start assessing.

Spent 2003 in the forthcoming final moment, Intel to launch 64-bit AMD processor still feel bogged down, whether desktop or in the high-end server system, Intel have deeply felt that just as upheaval seizesthe land from AMD. No one can not tell, in mid 2004, what will towards a confrontation between the two is tilted, perhaps balance has always been the flat.

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According to Sina technology reported: Intel “Prescott” chip will continue to continue the “Pentium 4″ the name of the sales. “Prescott” chip will include 13 new instructions, you can greatly enhance the multimedia performance, while “Prescott” run faster than the existing “Pentium 4″ chip is much faster.

The past, Intel has been using the opportunities of the new chip to market launch for the new processor name. For example, in 1999, to market “Pentium III” with the 70 new instructions, but it is almost “Pentium II” exactly the same. Later, Intel’s “Pentium III” made changes added to the buffer cache for fast data access.

Insight 64 nasaen-Brock, Analyst research firm wood (Nathan Brookwood) said “if Intel will ‘ Prescott ‘ named ‘ Pentium 5 ‘ that it must tell customers the former superior to ‘ Pentium 4 ‘ reasons. “In addition, continue” Pentium 4 “name also allows Intel to avoid in a marketing campaign,” Prescott “and” Pentium 4 “ultimate confused. “Pentium 4″ ultimate version to market this summer, the buffer cache with one 2MB, and “Prescott” with a 1MB buffer cache.

Brooke wood said that as the “Pentium 4″ the ultimate version of the buffer cache is bigger, so in some performance than “Prescott” slightly stronger, so if the “Prescott” is named “Pentium 5″ will make the user feel confused. Intel has said it will introduce more extreme Edition chip, but with a larger buffer cache “Prescott” you need to market until a few months.

“Prescott” initially is expected to be available by the end of this year, but an informed source said that now its time to market likely to be delayed until next February. “Prescott” will be manufactured using the 90 nanometer process.

On December 16, Intel, and Dell, and IBM and HP, 4 home company joint announced has and a industrial organization cooperation to specification Server Management way of plans. This 4 home company will leadership a new set up of working group. the working group called Server Management Working Group, is in distributed management special working group (DMTF) standard organization within formed of. Dell company is responsible for server management plans work of senior management Member Chad Engelgau said, working group will on network in the server of looking for, and Configuration and management interface for the definitions and specifications.

Engelgau says, the new interface will be easier for independent software vendors and system administrators to write software that is compatible with a wide variety of hardware. “With this new standard, information will be presented that an industry standard, so that no third party can read the information. “He said.
According to a statement published by the DMTF, Server Management Working Group plans to a specification called command line interface development of these standards, on July 1, 2004 will come up with a draft.
The statement also said such efforts may be supported by two companies AMD and Sun Microsystems.

According to the source, Intel motherboard shipments in China next year growth than the market growth rate. expects mainland market shipments will grow 20% the entire Board, Intel aims, its entire motherboard shipments this year than in the Mainland to increase 71.4% reach 1.2 million pieces of, this year its motherboard shipments of 700,000 pieces in the Mainland.

According to the source, Intel has developed a strategic offensive in mainland China policy. For example, being sold with Intel CPU board, is also implementing the use of the motherboard manufacturers to provide each marketing a Board Access Board 10% marketing cost price incentives. Currently, the Intel boards an average price of $ 60.

Here is list of continental boards shipped this year expected

It was reported that Intel has 64-bit x86 microprocessor confirmed last week, but asked the details, but then denied saying, any x86 64-bit CPU that Intel does not exist. Wednesday (24th), investor’s business daily (Investor ‘ sBusinessDaily,IBD) published a paper. Article reference Intel public relations officials words said, Intel this is located in California Santa Clara of chip manufacturer has has a can using of 64 bit x86 of design samples, and will in “user need Shi” into market. but Dang was requirements description things truth Shi, Intel of spokesman is said, “Intel those public relations officials words was people false rumor has sth sth, we may no said has new of CPU or samples or all those officials were by said of things.

Another official said from Intel, “those reports are wrong. Intel has not confirmed a certain x86 64-bit CPU, nor made similar comments. ”
This is not the first rumored Intel has 64-bit x86 design samples, but this time, all messages passed from Intel public relation officer of the port, not familiar with the company’s analysts, or sources.
AMD Athlon64 processors for AMD which at present is not a big deal, but because of its 64-bit improvements you have made, which in the past two years has been the AMD trying to show off products. Although the range of 64-bit support may not be the AMD processor performance improvement in the face, but the chip may become located in Sunnyvale, California is still very CPU manufacturer’s best selling lines. Also, when it replaced after AthlonXP chips will win market share of about 20% for AMD. And this, in turn, may contribute to software development following the AMD 64-bit route, it’s not Intel would like to see.
It was alleged that Intel has invested billions of dollars, spent nearly 10 years research and development for its 64-bit EPIC architecture for Itanium processors. The schema and used in most desktop processors today is essentially different from the traditional x86 architecture.

Source: Tom.COM

ALi (Ali) today announced its partnership with Intel Pentium-M processor licensing. in other words, ALi will be released legally based on Centrino core processor chipset. worth mentioning is that ALi was the first to get chip manufacturer Intel license. prior to that, this year October SiS (Xitong) published two Pentium-chipset: SiS648MX and SiSM661MX.VIA have had such a cooperation intention.