New PowerPC 970FX, 24.5 Watts at 2GHz.

[Hammer]

IBM definently have better technology than Intel.

Note that Intel still has “Pentium M” as its 2nd backup plan. “Pentium M” is now clocked at 1.7 GHz using .13 micron process.

Also, the double pumped integer units effectively clocks some parts of Pentium VI twice the marketed rated speed.

[Hammer]

IIRC some of Intel 'soon' products were supposed to use about 150 Watts... So they don't only need totally new cooling, but new power supply and motherboard desing.

I recall, “BTX” specs was required for some high speed Prescotts… Lower speed Prescotts (i.e. speed similar to current Northwood) would still use current Pentium IV infrastructure.

Also, SocketT has similar pin count as the AMD’s Athlon 64 processors.

[Hammer]

Why not try "http://www.pconline.com.cn/pchardware/tpylab/cpu/0401/298500_1.html"

http://www.pconline.com.cn/pchardware/tpylab/cpu/0401/298500_5.html
(It's in Chinese, sorry)

[Hammer]

According netrumours.. Prescott will be slower (on same ClockFrequency) than Northwood, so it'll need to be clocked higher to gain comparable speed..

IF you are referring to ZDNET’s article on Prescott (1) then some its details is not quite right. ZDNET should stick to benchmarking the said processors…

References
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5144907.html
2. http://www.chip-architect.com/news/2003_09_21_Detailed_Architecture_of_AMDs_64bit_Core.html

PS; ZDNET(1) also got AMD's pipeline details wrong i.e. K8 should have a slightly longer pipeline than the K7, not the other way around (2).