Intel goes dual-core
p2pnet.net News Opinion:- Continued difficulties linked to the production of high-frequency processors in Intel’s new 90-nanometer manufacturing process, and associated power-consumption issues, are the probable reasons behind the company’s decision to abandon Tejas, its next-generation chip.
With Tejas and other projects out of the picture, Intel will accelerate development of dual-core processors for use across its server, desktop, and mobile platforms next year, says an InformationWeek report here, continuing:
"The decision is identical to one made by Sun Microsystems a month ago to scrap development of its UltraSparc 5 chip and instead concentrate on the introduction of a four-core, eight-way threaded UltraSparc 4 design scheduled for introduction in 2006 that would effectively provide 32-way processing in a single chip, says Nathan Brookwood, an analyst with Insight64."
A BBC report here has Intel spokeswoman Laura Anderson saying, "We’re… [accelerating] development of other products that we believe will meet end users’ needs".
A new Xeon processor for low-end computer servers is also being cut, says the BBC.
