Pentium M in servers!

Harry Azol · Post by **Harry Azol** » Tue Jun 10, 2003 8:20 pm

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/displa ... 80644.html

ruprag · Post by **ruprag** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 1:31 am

marc999 · Post by **marc999** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 8:24 am

So does this mean we will be able to buy a desktop/ATX motherboard for it now?

Beyonder · Post by **Beyonder** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 9:10 am

Damn, I would SOOOOOO like one of those for my desktop. One with a nice 2 meg cache wouldn't be too shabby....

Harry Azol · Post by **Harry Azol** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 9:16 am

It confirms that the chip is compatible with the P4 bus, all we would need is a chip that can be physically installed on a desktop board, bios support for the chip, and a voltage regulator that can provide the correct voltage..

sgtpokey · Post by **sgtpokey** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 9:40 am

WooHoo,

It all sounds very good to me. Hopefully xbit's got their information right and we'll see something happening next month.

Mark Larson · Post by **Mark Larson** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 9:48 pm

Isn't the Pentium M a µFCPGA design? ie it isn't socket-based...?

DryFire · Post by **DryFire** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:48 am

that's great news. I really would like to use that 2mb of cache.

HokieESM · Post by **HokieESM** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:53 pm

Actually, what I personally want to see is a Pentium-M in a small-form factor. My Dell i600M laptop has a P-M 1.3, and I'm very impressed by computational speed (although, the laptop hard drive is, ahem, slow). I would love to have a Shuttle-sized box with a Pentium-M, a decent hard drive, and with the reduced power consumption, a silent power supply.

And the 2MB of cache would be nice for server work--but don't forget that the 1MB version in laptops is more than our desktops have now (both Barton and Northwood are still at 512KB).

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:17 pm

barton is 640k

ez2remember · Post by **ez2remember** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:28 pm

Very interesting..

I would love one of these 20+ watt CPU's.

Petium M 1.6ghz = P4M 2.4ghz+ or there abouts anyway. It may be even possible to run them fanless with a little undervolting.

Harry Azol · Post by **Harry Azol** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:44 pm

HokieESM wrote: My Dell i600M laptop has a P-M 1.3, and I'm very impressed by computational speed (although, the laptop hard drive is, ahem, slow).

Toshiba makes 7200 rpm laptop hds..
I believe the other hd vendors are going to follow with their own drives as well..

HokieESM · Post by **HokieESM** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 4:18 pm

pingu... yes, i'm aware... and if you actually get into it, the P-M is 1MB of L2 + 32K of L1.

But I was speaking, in general terms, that its a LOT more than we're used to seeing.

Harry Azol... yes, I put one of the new Toshibas in my dad's T40. His battery life also went down by approximately 25%--something somewhat unacceptable for a laptop (depending on how you use it). Also, they're not quite as fast (based on what I've read) as a desktop drive running at 7200 rpm. Plus, why spend a fortune on a laptop drive for a SFF (I think my dad's drive was, oh, $250).

My general sentiment was that a 25-W CPU with reduced power consumption might allow for a VERY quiet SFF with acceptable performance!

bsdgeek · Post by **bsdgeek** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 4:36 pm

pingu666 wrote:barton is 640k

And you'll never need any more.