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Intel ships 1Mb cache Pentium Pro
News Intel said the doubled cache would be ideal for transaction processing, data warehousing and other intensive database applications. The firm expects typical configurations to be 4-CPU and larger symmetric multiprocessing servers.
[August 19, 1997, 10:37]
New Pentium Pro to boast 1Mb L2 cache
News The Pentium Pro currently has a maximum of 512Kb of L2 cache. Cache is the dedicated bank of memory that acts as a temporary holding place for instructions being sent to the CPU. It works much faster than a hard drive, and the bigger the cache, the...
[August 14, 1997, 9:07]
Intel says Pro/1Mb cache shortage nearly over
News Speaking at an IBM press meeting, a spokeswoman for the firm said that the shortfall of the server-dedicated chips will be solved by the end of the year. IBM plans to use the part in its new NetFinity 7000 line of servers.
[November 26, 1997, 14:22]
New Pentium II Xeons launched
News While the company works to increase the speed and performance of its processors, with the release of the new Xeon processor with support for four-way processing and either 512K, 1MB or 2MB of Level 2 Cache, the company is also working feverishly...
[January 6, 1999, 15:51]
Intel turbocharges Xeon chip
News As expected, the California-based chipmaker released on Monday a new version of its 3.06GHz Xeon that packs an additional 1MB of cache. In technical terms, the chip's 1MB level 3 cache complements a smaller 512KB level 2 cache, giving it slightly...
[July 15, 2003, 9:32]
AMD Athlon 64: the benchmarks review
Reviews GHz, single DDR400 interface, 1MB Level 2 cache, Socket 754 ($417) Level 2 cache So fast that Intel was compelled to announce the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition -- a souped-up 3.2GHz P4 with 2MB of Level 3 cache.
[September 25, 2003, 16:35]
AMD slashes price for cut-down Athlon 64
News The new Athlon 64 3000+ runs at 2GHz, the same as the existing Athlon 64 3200+, but it only comes with a 512KB secondary cache, according to an AMD spokesman. The 3200+ features a 1MB cache. A cache is a pool of memory integrated into the processor...
[December 19, 2003, 8:30]
HP slip-up reveals Athlon64 details
News The chip runs at 1.8GHz and comes with 1MB of cache, a pool of memory that's integrated into the processor for rapid data access, according to HP's technical documentation. Some budget models will come with 256KB of cache, according to sources...
[June 19, 2003, 7:26]
Revamped top-end Xeons unveiled
News There are two new Xeon MP varieties: the less expensive "Cranford" model with 1MB of high-speed cache memory and the more powerful "Potomac" model with either 4MB or 8MB of cache. The top-end Xeon MP running at 3.33GHz with 8MB of cache memory...
[March 30, 2005, 9:05]
'Hammer' chips away at processor limits
News Banias will contain 77 million transistors and 1MB of cache. The largest version of Hammer, for instance, will have 1MB of secondary cache, as well as an integrated memory controller for connecting the processor to a PC's memory, according to the...
[November 27, 2002, 14:50]
AMD launches new desktop Athlon 64s
News The new chips have dual-channel DDR memory controllers, AMD's Non-Execute (NX) antivirus memory protection and either 512KB or 1MB of level 2 cache. The company also launched a solitary Socket 754 Athlon 64 3700+, which is a single-channel memory...
[June 1, 2004, 14:40]
AMD introduces Socket 939 Athlon 64 chips review
Reviews Level 2 cache The latter, the $710 Athlon 64 3700+, has 1MB of L2 cache and an 800MHz HyperTransport bus, together with a single-channel 64-bit memory interface. Giving Athlon 64s more and faster memory access in turn lets AMD market chips with...
[June 1, 2004, 9:10]
Intel leak foreshadows heated chip market
News Prescott, the next big desktop chip from Intel, is slated to come out at 3.4GHz, while Dothan, an energy-efficient chip for slim notebooks, will have a server-sized cache and is expected to debut at 1.8GHz, according to computer industry sources.
[July 10, 2003, 9:21]
Intel unveils last PIII-based Xeon
News The new chip contains a 2MB secondary cache, a reservoir of memory close to the processor for quick data access. Most Xeon and Pentium chips contain a secondary cache of only 256KB. The larger cache boosts performance and permits computer makers to...
[March 21, 2001, 7:48]
AMD mines Newcastle core
News The new processors use half the Level 2 cache of AMD's original Athlon 64 desktop chip. And analysts say that smaller cache size could help boost AMD's manufacturing output by allowing the company to switch off a section of the cache in some chips...
[March 16, 2004, 7:30]
Intel gives up the gigahertz
News Under the model number plan, each chip's clock speed will become one of several features -- including cache size and bus speed -- that go into summing up performance. For example, within the Pentium 4 family, it would be easier to distinguish the...
[March 15, 2004, 7:45]
IBM pushes Power chip power savings
News Each core of the PowerPC 970MP has its own 1MB section of high-speed cache memory. Having separate caches allows the computer to shut down one cache along with the processor core if it's not needed, Rohrer said.
[October 26, 2005, 10:10]
AMD preps Turion for takeoff
News The ML 37 runs at 2GHz, features a 1MB cache and costs $354 (£184) in quantities of 1,000. The ML 34 runs at 1.8GHz, features the same cache and costs $263. The ML 32 also runs at 1.8GHz, but contains a 512MB cache and costs $220.
[March 10, 2005, 7:55]
AMD readies dual-core Athlon 64
News The new dual-core chips vary by cache size and speed. The 4800+ and 4600+ both run at 2.4GHz, but the 4800+ has a 1MB cache, twice as big as the 4600+ cache. Dual-core chips, which contain two separate processing cores, can run more than one...
[May 31, 2005, 9:15]
NEC Versa M340 review
Reviews This CPU is the older Banias-core part with 1MB of Level 2 (L2) cache; an M340 model featuring the newer 1.7GHz Pentium M 735 Dothan-core processor with 2MB of L2 cache is also available. The CPU's 1MB of L2 cache, the moderate abilities of the...
[June 24, 2004, 11:50]
