A peculiar feature of a CPU exists.
A peculiar feature of a CPU exists.
I saw this CPU recently, just an ordinary Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.40GHz (SL7J8). At first I didn’t think much of it until I examined it more closely. It also has a 3.20GHz marking on the side (SL8BY). What?
Others joked about it because of its high power consumption and heat generation. It needed a significantly larger heatsink and CPU cooler than usual. Naturally, the P4 Netburst was slower compared to modern AMD chips at that time.
Intel offered them Netburst at a frequency not guaranteed for IPC XD. It felt similar to what they provided on FX chips. "First 5ghz CPU" and it seemed accurate, though it didn't represent much for either party back then. Interesting, we still manufacture and utilize chips with the same power limits. *shrugs* Now they have more CPUs, cores, and threads. Dual-core was the new trend. That would have been dull today, honestly.