Intel Pentium 4 "Prescott" to be Slower than "Northwood"?

**MIG-31** · Jan 22, 2004, 01:57 AM

"Performance of highly-anticipated code-named Prescott processor, the third-generation NetBurst microprocessor from Intel, may appear to be generally slower than speed of currently available Pentium 4 “Northwood” chips. The reason for that is deep pipeline implemented to bolster clock-speeds of the CPU."

Full article: x-bitlabs

No_Style · Jan 22, 2004, 08:04 AM

30 stage pipeline? That's a lot... Prescott could end up being like the Willamette at launch, but once Tejas hit... it could be better for Intel (Introduction of Northwood, anyone?). History repeats itself.

Jan 22, 2004, 01:57 AM	#1
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Jan 22, 2004, 08:04 AM	#2
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,049 Rep Power: 0	Hmm... 30 stage pipeline? That's a lot... Prescott could end up being like the Willamette at launch, but once Tejas hit... it could be better for Intel (Introduction of Northwood, anyone?). History repeats itself. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here