IDF: G1-Core mit "full AMD64 compatibility"

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IDF Intel is preparing to update its Pentium 4 core, the better make its 64-bit processors more compatible with AMD's 64-bit processors, company documents seen by The Register reveal.

The new core, dubbed 'G-1', will replace the current 'E-0' core in Q4. According to a note sent to Intel customers, samples of the updated processors will ship on 17 October, with full shipments commencing just under a month later, on 14 November.

The tweak, which will require a BIOS update, adds a pair of instructions to the EM64T instruction set: LAHF and SAHF. These two codes copy content back and forth between the chip's status flags and its AH register.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/intel_fixes_em64t/

100% AMD inside ;D

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IDF: Yonah, Sossaman mit Virtualisation Technology

Intel today confirmed that 'Yonah', its 65nm dual-core mobile processor and the basis for the 'Sossaman' low-power Xeon chip, will support Virtualisation Technology.

The chip will also feature a dynamically allocated 'smart' L2 cache shared between the two processing cores. Dubbed 'Smart Cache', the system gives both cores access to the full 2MB of the eight-way associative L2 cache, dynamically adjusting the area allotted to each core. The reason: to minimise the performance hit from single-thread apps. Data can be shared efficiently between threads.

When the processor load falls, Yonah gradually flushes the L2 cache, synchronising it with main memory. The unused cache is turned off, physically as well as logically, to reduce power consumption.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/intel_sossaman_yonah/

Sorry, aber dazu fällt mir nur eins ein: cool! :wink:

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/intel_fixes_em64t/

100% AMD inside ;DFehlt nur noch dass AMD den CMPXCH16B Befehl implementiert, dann hätte man endlich wieder eine einheitliche 64 Bit x86-ISA. :)
IDF: Yonah, Sossaman mit Virtualisation Technology
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/intel_sossaman_yonah/

Sorry, aber dazu fällt mir nur eins ein: cool! :wink:Ja, der Stromverbrauch der kommenden Intel-Prozessoren wird sehr interessant werden =)