Preview of Intel's Dual-Core Extreme Edition

ThinSkin writes "Intel let ExtremeTech.com sneak behind the curtain of its anticipated Dual-Core Pentium Extreme Edition processor for a full performance preview with benchmarks. Bundled with essentially two Prescott cores on one die, the Extreme Edition 840 processor clocks at 3.2GHz and contains a beefed-up power management system to keep the CPUs running cool during use. Expect Intel's dual-core line to hit the streets sometime this quarter. No word on pricing yet." Update: 04/04 17:26 GMT by T : Timmus points out FiringSquad's preview, too, writing "The benchmark results are mixed, with a few applications taking advantage of the new CPU, and some that don't." And Kez writes in reference to this article to say: "Our article on HEXUS.net, covering the P4 EE in detail, states the price as £650 (that's what we're looking at in the UK anyway, not sure about the U.S.)."

How well does it do...

[kwoo]

On SlashMark? Namely, how many seconds does it take to compile the Linux kernel? :P

Sweet!

[kmartshopper]

... something else we can use to make breakfast with!

Holy Cow...

[Robotron23]

We recently returned from a road trip to discover a very large box waiting for us.

If the processors that big how the heck will I fit it on my motherboard?!

There is also a new dual-core error correction

[Anonymous Coward]

If one of the cores generates a floating-point error, the other core can be used to correct the problem by adding both errors together to derive a slightly larger error.

Dear Intel,

[Triumph The Insult C]

I think it's great that you are developing new products.

However, because of your poor form of not making documentation or firmware freely available, I will instead be sending my personal dollars, and (significantly larger) work budget, to AMD.

Re:Like, Extreme, to the, like, totally max!

[mikael]

Somehow, Extremium and Extremon don't seem to have the same rhyme. Next up from Intel, the Ultra-Spifftronic-Wowee-Zappo Triple Core, with extra schmaltz! The local ice-cream van used to sell those during the Summer holidays - you had to eat them immediately, otherwise they would melt before you got inside.

How much it'll cost? ha!

[LordKazan]

People are actually asking how much it's going to cost?

The Answer is simple

An arm, a leg and your left testicle* - it's Intel afterall

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*or ovary if you're a woman

Re:Extreme edition

[drivinghighway61]

Extreme editions always sell more. Just look at the adult entertainment industry. Which would you rather buy?

Double Anal Penetration
EXTREME Double Anal Penetration

Chocolate Asian Anal Gangbangs
EXTREME Chocolate Asian Anal Gangbangs

American Heroes Bukkake
EXTREME American Heroes Bukkake

I think we can all agree that Intel is on the right track.

Re:How about

[MankyD]

This is not true dual core but two cores slapped into one chip package...

Care to elaborate on the difference?

Re:How about

[mobiux]

But then you would need to admit that AMD's technology is technically superior.

And I doubt if intel marketing would appreciate that very much.

He would then find himself cut off and unable to make these "preview" articles.

Re:Holy Cow...

[pla]

If the processors that big how the heck will I fit it on my motherboard?!

Well, the processor itself only takes a few square inches - The rest of the box held the liquid nitrogen cooling system needed to keep the thing slightly cooler than the surface of the sun.

Re:Holy Cow...

[ackthpt]

If the processors that big how the heck will I fit it on my motherboard?!

That was the heatsink. The processor and motherboard were in a small brown box being crushed beneath it (as dictated by Galactic Shipping Directive 4.07a(7ii)

Re:How about

[Jeff DeMaagd]

A die is a term for a discrete piece of silicon. My understanding is that both cores are on the same piece of silicon, even if they don't share anything other than power and FSB connections. I would say that it is a single die module.

Dual core ?

[Pop69]

Does that mean I'll be able to fry two eggs at once ?

Re:Like, Extreme, to the, like, totally max!

[gfody]

well for the most part they use "EE" in place of Extreme Edition.. maybe later on they can give it a better definition like Extra Expensive

Re:Holy Cow...

[pg110404]

If the processors that big how the heck will I fit it on my motherboard?!

Simple. You don't fit the processor on the motherboard, you fit the motherboard on the processor.

Just don't forget to reinforce the desk.

Re:How well does it do...

[ShaniaTwain]

how many seconds does it take to compile the Linux kernel?

if you press the 'turbo' button it goes twice as fast.

Just have to ask...

[IdJit]

Does it have a hemi?

This is so exciting!

[alta]

Now the spyware on all my users's machines will have a processor all to themselves. That means the users will have the second processor to run Word, excel, et al...

That means they'll leave me alone and quit bitching about slow machines for a while! Woohoo! Oh, and will help that winword.exe that keeps crashing and staying backgrounded. Woot!

(Yes, I know the spyware will take over both proc's. Let me dream)

Re:How about

[MankyD]

Now I'm confused. From your first post [slashdot.org]:

rue dual-core systems have two separate processors, in two separate sockets, cooled independently of each other.

and now [slashdot.org]:

It's totally irrelevant whether they are mounted on one silicon wafer or two.

I was under the impression that dual-core was two processors (two cores) mounted on one chip - i.e. one chip with two cores. Whereas what you referred to in your first post was called dual-processor, albeit also dual core.

Re:How well does it do...

[rubycodez]

with its advanced predictive branching and speculative execution, the processor will have several kernels with the most commonly used options compiled for you 0.25 seconds before you finish typing "make "

Re:Like, Extreme, to the, like, totally max!

[SilentChris]

Kind of reminds me of the old MST3K skit.

Crow: Hey Mike!
Tom: Hi Mike!
Mike: What's going on?
Tom: EXTREME! That's what's going on Mike!
Crow: Yeah, Mike! You should try it!
Mike: Extreme what exactly?
Crow: Well, take me for example. I'm into extreme Yoga... SURRRRRRGE!!!!
Tom: And I'm into philatily. I own you Venezulea 1947! Extreeeme postage! Woo!
Crow: Now have you thought about what you'd like to be extreme about, Mike?
Tom: No fear, Miguel.
Mike: I'm not really extre...oh, you know what? I really like rice.
Crow: Ahh, well, EXTREME... RICE!!
Tom: Rice! Thermo nuclear protection! Wooo!
Crow: Yeah! See, Mike. Isn't rice better when it's extreme?
Mike: Sure is, uh, we'll be right back.
Crow: WAAAOOO!!
Tom: Haaaaaa!!

Re:Like, Extreme, to the, like, totally max!

[DemingBuiltMyHotRod]

I'm voting for the PEE.

Re:How well does it do...

[cptgrudge]

That's nothing. Quantum computers will compile for you before you even type "ma".

Re:How well does it do...

[Pla123]

Actually, quantum computers will compile all possible options and then match the one u want...

Ahem.

[hawk]

ON a quantum compiler, it's both compiled (with avery combination of options) and not compiled already :)

hawk

Re:beefed up power management

[aldeng]

Eventually, that won't be an issue. Procs will run so fast and have such good power management that the only time you'll worry about cooling is the very second you tell the computer to do something. Then, in a huge explosion of activity that lasts a few microseconds, your computer will do everything you wanted it to and silmulaniously eject a molten wad of copper that used to be your heatsink. If you have liquid cooling, your head will explode.

Re:Cool?!?

[owlstead]

From the manual: can also be used as a heat gun. Get two tools for one. Burn off the paint of your car quickly. Do not point at face. Distance 20 cm minimum.