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> the Pentium 4 was supposed to reach 5GHz Somewhat minor nit but it was actually supposed to reach 10GHz: https://www.anandtech.com/show/680/6 https://www.ana
by kllrnohj 8y ago
> the Pentium 4 was supposed to reach 5GHz
Somewhat minor nit but it was actually supposed to reach 10GHz: https://www.anandtech.com/show/680/6 https://www.anandtech.com/show/680/6
"Realistically speaking, we should be able to see NetBurst based processors reach somewhere between 8 – 10GHz in the next five years before the architecture is replaced yet again. Reaching 2GHz isn’t much of a milestone, however reaching 8 – 10GHz begins to make things much more exciting than they are today. Obviously this 8 – 10GHz clock range would be based on Intel’s 0.07-micron process that is forecasted to debut in 2005. These processors will run at less than 1 volt, 0.85v being the current estimate."
And overclockers did actually push that chip all the way to 8GHz with extreme measures.
Core 2 then hit the reset button and clock speeds dropped substantially (from 3.8ghz to 3.0ghz) in exchange for huge boosts to IPC. Intel didn't exceed the P4's 3.8GHz clocks until nearly 10 years later with the 4.0ghz i7-4790k (AMD was actually the first to 4 ghz with the AMD FX-4170)