iYAN inside! Online Index Hardware
"Future CPU
Processors"
| INDEX | RELEASE | RELATED LINKS |
| Intel Pentium III-2 Celeron PGA370 The Cyrix MXi The AMD K7 The Cyrix M III (Jalapeno) The Apple G4 The Intel IA-64 (Merced) |
1999 Q1 1999 Q1 1999 Q1 1999 Q1 1999 H1 1999 Q4 1999 H1 2000 H2 |
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| Future CPU: | PENTIUM III - 2 |
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| Connection: | A socket!!! |
| Frequency: | 600+ MHz |
| Type: | The main difference between a Pentium II and III is the addition of Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE); 70 new instructions that accelerate multimedia, 3D and internet performance. That is not enough for a new type of processor. Thats why Intel is designing more advanced features. The next generation of Pentium III processors (or will it have another name again?) will be a lot faster than the Pentium III of today (see features below). But... the weirdest thing is... (unofficially) Intel might consider to release the Pentium III as a socket chip, abandoning slot 1! (bye bye, compatibility) |
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| Release: | 3rd quarter of 1999 |
| Future CPU: | K7 |
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| Connection: | Slot A (Alpha EV-6) |
| Frequency: | 500+ MHz |
| Type: | An advanced successor of the K6, featuring 3DNow instructions. The K7 will not support socket 7. Instead its design is similar (also in measurement) to Intels slot 1. It is said the slot A architecture (based on Alpha EV-6 protocols) is superiour to Intels GTL+ slot 1. Also the K7 has a powerfull new FPU unit, that will perform very good with 3D Games and rendering software. |
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| Release: | Mid 1999 |
| Future CPU: | M III (JALAPENO) |
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| Connection: | Unknown |
| Frequency: | 600+ MHz |
| Type: | A new CPU core, designed from scratch. This must be Cyrix answer to new 7th generation processors. |
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| Release: | Mid 1999 |
| Future CPU: | MXi (CAYENNE) |
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| Connection: | Socket 7 |
| Frequency: | 400+ Mhz |
| Type: | A new core design known as the "Cayenne" core, which has an improved FPU unit, enhancing 3D and multimedia performance. |
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| Release: | Early 1999 |
| Future CPU: | IA-64 (MERCED) |
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| Connection: | Slot M |
| Frequency: | 800+ Mhz |
| Type: | A non-x86 NEW CPU core. This CPU will eventually replace the popular x86. The IA-64 architecture is build from scratch, eliminating x86 bottlenecks (the x86 instructions were designed in 1979 and are still used for compatibility reasons). It will be backwards compatible with x86 instructions. Windows 2000 will run on it. Merced will be launched mid 1999 but will not available for average costumers until 2003 (when it is affordable). |
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| Release: | 1999 / 2003 |
| Future CPU: | G4 |
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| Connection: | Unknown |
| Frequency: | 400+ Mhz |
| Type: | Enhanced version of the G3 processor, known as "Generation 4". It has 160 new multimedia and 3D instructions called "AltiVec" (which is similar to x86 MMX/3DNOW/KNI). Motorola claims this core will be 10 times faster than a G3 at the same frequency. |
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| Release: | Mid 1999 |
| These CPU's are sequences of the new CPU cores, mentioned at this page. As they are based on the same core, no special report is made on them... |
| Tanner (Xeon), Dixon (mobile Celeron-A), Coppermine (Katmai), Cascades (Celeron), Williamette (IA-32 P7), Foster (Xeon), McKinley (Merced), Madison (McKinley), Deerfield (Merced low-cost in 2003) |
