Nehalems appear everywhere at IDF
THERE WERE NEHALEM'S aplenty on the show floor at IDF, not quite as many as the keynotes, but more than enough to make a strong showing. The real question is how fast are they?
Intel was going out of their way not to put out any hard data, but at least one enterprising person, Paolo 'Green Sweater' Corsini managed to snap a few pics of the appropriate screens.
Nehalem workstation
The short story is that the boxes report as 2.53GHz but they are underclocked to 2.13. This lines up well with what we have been hearing for early silicon, and is quite a bit down on intended release clocks. Don't read anything into this, it is still quite early, and these may not be current steppings.
Reports of 3.2GHz boxes floating around are flat incorrect. The signs at the show were initially wrong, and people reporting that can't tell the difference between a Skulltrail or Harpertown box and a Nehalem rig by sight.
In any case, Nehalem is looking healthy and happy for this stage in it's life. Early reports of CSI problems have either been fixed or were incorrect from the start. There were enough stable 2S boxes on the floor to preclude catastrophic bugs, and with enough time for 2-3 more spins before release, even the little ones should be ironed out in time. ยต
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It's a good sign, but then again, Barcelona was running at 3 GHz months ago on demo versions, yet commercial versions are still running at 2.5 GHz tops.
While Listening to Kids Play ball outside my Window, Suggestion came to mind. Large guide pins might bend out of position, Why NOT: plastic socket having walls around edges that locks in place where ball grid array sits, before clamping. Say 3/8" plastic edge that processor snaps into maybe guides in molded plastic. Wow. Ultie Thought.

Also off topic: Dosn't ATOM look like Throughobred thats shrinked. Its kind of expensive, yet one core one thread or two: z510 being optimum @$45 for processor & chipset, Z500 is 650 milliwatts, So its Christmas Lites n' Wheat Straw direct competitor, I'm Sure. hand held z500 is much prettier to Some...
Well these are Intel comments at least & developer.
t. drashek
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While Listening to Kids Play ball outside my Window, Suggestion came to mind. Large guide pins might bend out of position, Why NOT: plastic socket having walls around edges that locks in place where ball grid array sits, before clamping. Say 3/8" plastic edge that processor snaps into maybe guides in molded plastic. Wow. Ultie Thought.
i'll have some of the drugs u'v been takeing
Is seriously tripping. Where does he come up with half his BS?