Why does Anandtech use reference timing for memory for new products and use lowest latency RAM for older products?? That kinda skews the benchmarks in favor of the older products.
Plus, I have seen how Pentium M likes single channel DDR2-533 better than dual channel DDR2-400. Weird, but it takes no advantage of dual channel at all. It didn't even get more bandwidth.
What I am saying is Yonah should use DDR2-667 since that's what the top-end Yonah notebooks would use.
And the comment about clock speeds. There will be Yonahs with near 2.6GHz clock speeds. They will also consume more power but since they will be DTR chips, it will be pretty good at ~50W TDP. Its called "E" series and they will be clocked 1-2 speed grades higher than the fastest "T", which means we'll see Yonah with 2.5-2.67GHz. That will keep it very competitive with X2's.
quote: And the comment about clock speeds. There will be Yonahs with near 2.6GHz clock speeds. They will also consume more power but since they will be DTR chips, it will be pretty good at ~50W TDP. Its called "E" series and they will be clocked 1-2 speed grades higher than the fastest "T", which means we'll see Yonah with 2.5-2.67GHz. That will keep it very competitive with X2's
Have you seen this anywhere other than the Digitimes story? With Merom coming out at the end of 2006, I doubt they will be adding that many speed grades...
Also, with Vista being released at 64 bit in October, it seems to me that Yonah may have the shortest lifespan of any chip we've ever seen...
Really? I kind of like "Athlon" and "Opteron", though I must say that "Sempron" sucks big time. The problem I have with "Core" is that though the word itself is not bad it's got nothing on "Pentium" or "Itanium". Also, the Duo/Solo thing is pretty lame, too.
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vijay333 - Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - link
fyi: http://anandtech.com">http://anandtech.com doesn't seem to link to the main site anymore...ksherman - Saturday, December 24, 2005 - link
seems to be working now ;-)Wahsapa - Friday, December 23, 2005 - link
BUMPmonsoon - Monday, December 19, 2005 - link
hey ANAND, thanks for the review !=)...do you think this CPU will make it in the coming ( January ) new Apple computers ?
i'm really hoping for a Mac Mini with one of these inside...
=P
Quiksel - Monday, December 19, 2005 - link
at least it doesn't have "PENTIUM" in the title anymore.we all loved the P-M naming because it didn't continue the Pentium/II/!!!/4 convention.
This is good news. Too bad AMD didn't come up with it; they are always in use of a good name for a proc...
Remember how much everyone hated the name "Athlon"???
mlittl3 - Monday, December 19, 2005 - link
I really loved Part II of the review. Great job!Competition is really helping the consumer nowadays. Go AMD and Intel!
IntelUser2000 - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
Why does Anandtech use reference timing for memory for new products and use lowest latency RAM for older products?? That kinda skews the benchmarks in favor of the older products.Plus, I have seen how Pentium M likes single channel DDR2-533 better than dual channel DDR2-400. Weird, but it takes no advantage of dual channel at all. It didn't even get more bandwidth.
What I am saying is Yonah should use DDR2-667 since that's what the top-end Yonah notebooks would use.
And the comment about clock speeds. There will be Yonahs with near 2.6GHz clock speeds. They will also consume more power but since they will be DTR chips, it will be pretty good at ~50W TDP. Its called "E" series and they will be clocked 1-2 speed grades higher than the fastest "T", which means we'll see Yonah with 2.5-2.67GHz. That will keep it very competitive with X2's.
Viditor - Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - link
Have you seen this anywhere other than the Digitimes story? With Merom coming out at the end of 2006, I doubt they will be adding that many speed grades...
Also, with Vista being released at 64 bit in October, it seems to me that Yonah may have the shortest lifespan of any chip we've ever seen...
ksherman - Monday, December 19, 2005 - link
"Coolest name" ?!?!?! I tink you need to get some rest Anand ;-)Furen - Monday, December 19, 2005 - link
Hah, seriously. Core Solo/Duo is the lamest name ever, though I suppose it fits the whole "Centrino" thing.Questar - Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - link
Lamer than Athlon? Not.Furen - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
Really? I kind of like "Athlon" and "Opteron", though I must say that "Sempron" sucks big time. The problem I have with "Core" is that though the word itself is not bad it's got nothing on "Pentium" or "Itanium". Also, the Duo/Solo thing is pretty lame, too.