Monday, March 13, 2006
Intel Next Generation Architecture is only a Next Fix Try
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20060313PR201.htmlBut frankly, they've made so many claims in the past – you know, the Netburst architecture was supposed to scale to 10GHz, and look at where we are today. Then their new-generation micro-architecture (NGMA), is, quite frankly, a quick fix on the front-side bus. I don't think that's the future of the Intel architecture. I think it's another quick fix until 2008 or later, when they're going to come out with a genuinely new architecture. So again, from a pure technology perspective, my assessment is that it's a lot of marketing – it's clever marketing, but it's not revolutionary. And calling it a new-generation microarchitecture is a little bit out of balance.
Bad hardware comment:
Intel obviously prepares their new architecture called Nehalem for 2008. What they needs for Nehalem success is a new low-K manufacturing process that will keep leakage under control. But, they will not get it in 45nm node in 2008. Than, Intel's really the new architecture will wait until the year 2010. If so, current NGMA is nothing else than the Netburst quick fix, that will last for the next 4 years. That one Intel triumphantly announced at IDF, as its victorious striking new architecture. Badly, it can win only old Neburst.This post link
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