Has Intel thought about a different cooling solution or even redesigning CPUs thermal properties?
Everyone wants more power and performance, but this dissipates more heat which people aren’t very pleased with. However, we have made some advancements in the latest stepping of Prescott. We have an enhanced halt state and a new thermal monitor mechanism in the CPU. At idle, we’re seeing 10 – 15°C cooler performance, and we’re continuously looking for ways to improve the processor. Later in Q1 2005, we’ll be seeing new Prescotts (2MB L2 and 64-bit technology) featuring Enhanced SpeedStep, which will be similar to what we see in the mobile processors. It will allow the OS to intelligently throttle the speed based on the CPU load, but at the same time, our performance engineers have been very careful to make sure no raw performance is lost for the users. Basically, they are not looking to handicap the performance just to stay cool. 10) What kind of effect does Intel think BTX will have on the consumer market? Is ATX on the way out? We had a big launch back a few months in Taipei with all
