A occasional Sample of Intel engineering from Twilight Pentium 4 appeared in social media. We have never seen this 4.0 GHz system before. On Reddit, the current owner of the alleged Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 980 processor, DiegungumanHe shared photos of the system, both at the front and back, along with the CPU-Z screenshot to get deeper technical details. Due to the quirks with the CPU-Z/Internet database, this processor will not be correctly checked.
I found this Intel Extreme Edition 980 engineering sample, anyone has information about it? With R/Intel
Diegunguman reached out on various subreddits to try to get more insight into his find. The basic story was that “the only text on the processor itself was written in Sharpa, only the model number and the speed of the clock, 4 GHz.” Without official documentation for reference, Redditor turned to experts on subreddits such as r/pcmasterrace and r/intel to look for answers.
Rare breed
This special ambiguous hyperthrated “Presler” P4 is a very captivating sample for many reasons. First of all, the collective wisdom of a herd of attentive redditors interested in this story indicates that the sample now belonging to Diegunguman was probably at the loan chip given to the employee.
These employee lenders chips are rarer than typical engineering samples (ES). Their rarity is probably strengthened by the harsh terms of the loan. However, the alleged “Insider” Intel on Reddit indicates that due to extensive exemptions in the company, the police of the lenders have evaporated.
Another captivating aspect of this processor are the reasons why society has never seen with the peak of Netburst. Now it is a matter of historical books, but the thermal restriction and performance This processor line already had a penniless reputation that played a role.
Pivot: Plan B becomes plan A
What probably sealed the fate of this “spirit” processor was the strategic os. Intel. Management has already focused on the legendary Core 2 offer, built on mobile spinal microarchiture. Then we saw Intel’s marketing change to focus on completely reasonable weight capacity, and the Netburst project was quickly transferred to history, with budget / basic floors the main beneficiaries.
It is probably forthright that Haif Intel’s design team, and his mobile basic microarchitecture was the Savior of Intel. Since mid -2006, novel tuned fries on the scale have been successfully stopped by the momentum of current AMD processors, such as Athlon 64 and X2 projects on the computer.
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