<b>Updated</b> CPU Cheatsheet - Seven Years of Covert CPU Operations
by Jarred Walton on August 28, 2004 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
Conclusion
Obviously, that's only a brief glimpse at the processor histories of AMD and Intel, with a vague picture of the future. Dual core designs should start appearing within the next year, and rumors of quad core processors are also floating around the web. At some point, we will likely reach the limits of current manufacturing technologies, but that day is still a long ways off. AMD and Intel both have technologies in development that should carry us past 45 nm process technologies, and probably down to single digits in our lifetime. That's assuming we don't get quantum computers first, that make all of the current binary systems seem quaint by comparison.
The amount of processing power sitting in front of you right now was beyond comprehension a couple decades ago. Even the "average" computers of today would seem amazing to people even one decade in the past. Ten years ago, 3D was only dreamt about, and professional 3D accelerators cost thousands of dollars while doing far less that a "cheap" GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500. Ten years ago, 32-bit processors were still looking for a real operating system, and 64-bit was only used by governments and research centers. Ten years ago, a 100 MHz processor was as good as it got. Ten years ago, few people had ever used a networked computer at home, and 28.8 modems were amazingly fast. Here's hoping the gurus at AMD, Intel, and other companies can continue to amaze us for another ten years!
Stay tuned for more insider articles from Jarred, including a much anticipated GPU cheat sheet as well!
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Anemone - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
Isn't the Athlon 64 3700 the Odessa or what was supposed to be Odessa in the original code names?Just checking, love this article sorting through all the would be's and once were's, back in time.
JarredWalton - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
plewis - Rosewood is correct in stating that *all* Athlon 64 processors have an integrated memory controller. That means that all S754, S939, and S940 motherboards do not have a memory controller, so any other chips made for those boards (i.e. Sempron 3100+) also have to have an integrated memory controller. I believe there are some benchmarks on AT that show how the 1.8 GHz Sempron 3100+ compares to the Athlon XP chips. Basically, it beats them in almost all cases.Rosewood - Regarding the 250 nm 233-333 processors, they definitely existed in at least a couple of the processors, late in the PII lifetime. I personally purchased a Pentium II 300 batch SL2W8 - there was a big deal made over many of these being downmarked PII 450 chips at the time. It overclocked to 450 MHz like a champ! :)
How many of these were made? I don't think there were very many. After all, it wasn't too long after the introduction of the 100 MHz bus PII chips that the 66 MHz bus chips were discontinued by Intel. (At least, that's how I remember it.) However, I don't know if they only released 250 nm versions inthe 300 and 333 models, or if they were also in some 233 and 266 models. I do know that *some* of the chips at least exist.
rosewood - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
plewis00 - unless im on crack, I think all the A64s have had the memory controller on chip and not on the NB, including the 754s.plewis00 - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
Can I ask, I am not that well informed on AMD processors, but if the Sempron 3100+ is an S754 chip, then how can it have an integrated memory controller, because I thought on all S754 boards, the memory controller is in the Northbridge? Am I right?rosewood - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
Great article - good history. Two thingsKlamath P II Slot 1 233-333 512K 7.5 + 37.2 350/250 203 + L2 66
Are we sure that there were 250 parts of this line? I beleive ya but a bro says thats not right so ... yea?
2)
Can you include the A64 Mobiles as they are a bit different. IIRC, I have a 3000+ in my laptop and its 1.8ghz but 1meg L2 Cache.
3) I said two? Well, I just thought of this one :P Could you add pictures of the stuff if possible as well as model # guides / how to tell. I was recently given a tray of CPUs and if I try I can probably noodle through which is which but it would be nice to just look here and say "Ah yes, this 2200+ is a barton because the core looks like this ..."
But seriously, AWESOME article.
Holobits - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
Good Job Jarred!! Reading your article started bringing me back memory of my pentium 2 and 2 3dFX Voodoo 2s in SLI:) Your article is very informative and I look forward to seeing another.JarredWalton - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
srg - They're with the Pentium 3 and early Celeron processors. :) If people are really interested in getting the list of Slot A and Slot 1 processors for AMD and Intel, I can work on compiling that. Initially, I just felt they were old enough that it wasn't worth the effort.MAME - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
ha, whoopsanyway, nice article!
MAME - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
srg - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
What about the Slot A Thunderbirds? OK, their basically 'B' types but still.srg