Intellon Ships 600MHz Pentode III Posted by Pixelfish on Monday October 18, @08:15AM EDT from the more-megahertz-than-sense dept. overclocked_otter writes "Intellon today announced the Pentode III at 600MHz, featuring a new 0.18 micron process and an on-die cache that actually runs at full speed. The chip lists at $669 in quantities of a thousand, which means about $1,100 at the store down the street. Benchmarks show it beating last month's chip by a margin noticeable only to benchmarks." Meanwhile Advanced Micro Gizmos says its Marathon will hit 700 before Christmas. Your move, Intellon. The new core adds what Intellon calls Streaming SIMD Extensions Plus, which according to the press release "enhances the Internet experience." How exactly a floating point instruction set makes web pages arrive faster over a 56k modem is left as an exercise for the reader. Intellon Ships 600MHz Pentode III | Login/Create an Account | Top | 18 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 18 comments 0: 16 comments 1: 13 comments 2: 7 comments 3: 7 comments 4: 5 comments 5: 1 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. First post!! by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @08:18AM EDT (#1) I got first post! Hi mom! [ Reply to This ] Enhances the Internet experience by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @08:34AM EDT (#2) My Internet experience is bottlenecked by a phone line that crackles when it rains. Unless the Pentode III comes with a new phone company I'm not sure how it helps. [ Reply to This ] Re:Enhances the Internet experience by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @08:54AM EDT (#4) Don't feed the trolls. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Enhances the Internet experience by LowEarthLarry on Monday October 18, @09:31AM EDT (#7) (User Info) Thanks for posting this. I learned something today, which is rare for a comment section. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Enhances the Internet experience by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @10:01AM EDT (#11) So what you're saying is that it's a conspiracy. Got it. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Enhances the Internet experience by DayTraderDan on Monday October 18, @10:26AM EDT (#15) (User Info) Actually, that's a common misconception. The spec explicitly allows it; it's the vendors who didn't implement it. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Marathon vs Pentode by shell_shocked on Monday October 18, @08:38AM EDT (#3) (User Info) The AMG Marathon is faster clock for clock on integer work and the FPU is finally competitive. The only reason to buy Intellon right now is if your boss buys everything from the same three vendors. Which, admittedly, is most bosses. [ Reply to This ] Moderators on crack by RocketRandy on Monday October 18, @09:01AM EDT (#5) (User Info) Why was my last post moderated down as Offtopic? It was totally on topic. Moderators must be on crack today. [ Reply to This ] Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by StylusSam on Monday October 18, @09:12AM EDT (#6) (User Info) Sixteen of these in a rack and you could render the entire Quack III intro in under a week. [ Reply to This ] Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by RetroRaccoon on Monday October 18, @09:39AM EDT (#8) (User Info) Whoosh. That was the sound of the joke going over your head. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by CourtWatcher on Monday October 18, @09:41AM EDT (#9) (User Info) Not true at all. I've been running it for months with no problems. Maybe check your hardware? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @10:19AM EDT (#13) Agreed. Couldn't have said it better myself. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @10:21AM EDT (#14) Real men use a magnetized needle and a steady hand. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @09:45AM EDT (#10) No, that's not how any of this works. Please read the FAQ before posting. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Price per MHz by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18, @10:05AM EDT (#12) Quick math: the 500 is $239 now. The 600 is $669. You're paying $4.30 per extra megahertz. Buy the 500, buy more RAM with the difference. RAM is what's actually making your box swap. [ Reply to This ] Standards by WebWeaver on Monday October 18, @10:33AM EDT (#16) (User Info) This is why we need open standards. Without them every vendor builds a little walled garden and the users pay for the walls. [ Reply to This ] The real problem by DomainDave on Monday October 18, @10:38AM EDT (#17) (User Info) The real problem here is management. Engineers know how to build things right; management sets a deadline that makes it impossible, and then acts surprised when it ships broken. Every single time. [ Reply to This ] Does it run Linix? by NodeNinja on Monday October 18, @10:41AM EDT (#18) (User Info) But does it run Linix? [ Reply to This ]

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