(updated)
Unknown (not any more) Startup leaves both AMD and Intel in the dust ….
A fresh set of benchmarks comparing the Intel’s new dual-core Xeon codenamed “Paxville” with AMD’s dual-core Opteron chip show Intel’s product to be a power hungry demon that doesn’t perform, according to The Register. “
“There’s no doubt about it, Intel’s dual-core Xeons are their most power hungry Xeons to date… Even when idling, two dual-core Xeons consume nearly 400W of power at any given time, which is amazingly high, even by Intel’s standards… AMD’s competing dual-core Opteron processors consume far less power, especially using AMD’s PowerNow! Technology. When this is enabled, Opteron power consumption drops to roughly 160 to170W when idling.”
That was Yesterday’s news. Today’s news: “The Next Intel Emerges From Stealth” (by Bessemer’s David Cowan). P.A. Semi managed to stay stealth for 2 years in the heart of Silicon Valley. New recruits (the company has 150 employees) were not allowed to tell their spouses what they were working on. (Matt Marshall, SiliconBeat).
The first chip will be dual-core, and the microprocessor will also include the functions of two other support chips. The chip will run at 2.5 gigahertz, but will only consume 5 watts to 13 watts – compare that to the above Intel or even AMD numbers.
Move over Intel, AMD, there’s a new game in town.
Update (10/24) More on Siliconvalley.com and ZDNet .
Update (12/02). AMD scores huge 7-round TKO over Intel in dual-core benchmarks
Tags: Intel, AMD, Dual-Core, Xeon, Opteron, Startup, Bessemer, Stealth, Chips
The first chip will be dual-core, and the microprocessor will also include the functions of two other support chips. The chip will run at 2.5 gigahertz, but will only consume 5 watts to 13 watts – compare that to the above Intel or even AMD numbers.
Let’s read some informative articles before blogging, shall we?!
“The initial implementation is depicted below in Figure 2 and is expected to sample in the third quarter of 2006. It is implemented in a 65nm process and is expected to run at 2GHz, using up to 1.1V and dissipating 25W maximum and 13W typical.”
According to eWeek: “The company’s first product, a dual-core 2GHz processor, will consume about 13 watts of power in a typical setting.”
And let’s read some press release now:
“It will sample in the third calendar quarter of 2006, with single-core and quad-core versions due in early and late 2007, respectively, and an eight-core version planned for 2008.”
So it goes something like this:
– first samples Q3 2006
– single-core version due early 2007
– quad-core version due late 2007
– eight-core version planned for 2008
The first chip will be single-core, with a dual-core version, and likely run at 2.0 gigahertz. The dual-core version should consume 25 watts maximum (never believe typical power, the real power is always way higher). The chip didn’t tape out yet, so this is only an estimate.