Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Coverage of Everything
by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 24, 2005 2:31 AM EST- Posted in
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AMD at IDF
As (almost) always, AMD was around IDF offering briefings to all who wanted them on AMD's products.
Unfortunately there wasn't much to talk to AMD about, mostly because they feel that their current architecture is more than competitive with anything Intel will release next year. In fact, AMD feels so strongly about their technology that with the exception of some minor updates as well as the migration to DDR2, the Athlon 64 micro-architecture will remain unchanged throughout 2006. AMD wasn't ready to talk about when the K8 architecture would get a refresh, but it won't be anytime soon that's for sure.
AMD was showcasing a dual core Turion 64 CPU, to be officially announced sometime in the first half of next year. The CPU will be a 90nm part, with no word on when the transition to 65nm will take place.
The dual core Turion 64 in action
The dual core Turion 64 part will be a Socket S1 part, featuring fewer than 754 pins, DDR2 and a lower profile than their Socket-754 Turion parts.
Other than that, there wasn't much else to report on from AMD at the show.
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jediknight - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
What encryption algorithm does the Seagate drive use? And is it firmware-upgradeable?smn198 - Thursday, August 25, 2005 - link
I'd like moredetails on this. If you've got an OS installed and no key yet, could you then add a key and have it re-encrypt the data or would you need to pull the disk out and do this from another system? Shame Seagate won't ship software. Is there anything free?missleman - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
BONZI BUDDY?!?!?! WTF? I cant beleive intel was stupid enough to install that on their computers.JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Maybe it was a demonstration of malware getting installed on one virtual OS, and then another OS could detect it and remove it? I know Intel has talked about using virtualization for virus-related stuff before, so it's not too much of a stretch.Hacp - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Also nice to see the Xbox360... I'm not gonna buy one.xsilver - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
is amd moving to ddr2 and then m2 sockets in a 2 stage process?if so that's pretty evil -- makes users upgrade twice
JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
No, M2 is DDR2 for desktops. S1 is DDR2 for the mobile sectore. F is for the server/workstation market. All are DDR2-only solutions, and there will be no DDR2 support without a socket transition.IamTHEsnake - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Mitosis looks promising indeed.It's technologies like this that intrigue me. This is more of what Intel should focus on, not just the brute computational strength of mhz or pipeline stages.
I am also looking forward to hearing more about die-stacking and DRAM-on-die.
Furen - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
Yes, mitosis sounds nice indeed (though I'd expect it to be worthless on tasks like gaming), hopefully the software overhead wont be too bad by the time we start seeing it.phaxmohdem - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link
One has to wonder in Re: to Mitosis...They say that it is just started in Research and Development, and that we may not see if for 5-10 years..... By then wouldn't all apps be written to take advantage of multithreading? Thus rendering Mitosis a day late and a dollar short?