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Intel Limits Socket 478 Processors' Evolution to 3.40GHz

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While originally Intel planned to offer 3.60GHz processors for PGA478 platforms, some sources now report about absence of such chips in the firm’s plans. The last and final play for Socket 478 will be 3.40GHz Intel Pentium 4 processors with 1MB or 512KB of L2 cache.

All Intel Pentium 4 processors starting from 3.60GHz will come in LGA775 packaging and will not be compatible with existing Socket 478 infrastructure. For the latter, the Santa Clara, California-based CPU maker will offer Pentium 4 “Northwood” 3.40GHz processors with 512KB L2 cache and 800MHz Quad Pumped Bus as well as Pentium 4 “Prescott” 3.40GHz processors with 1MB L2 and 800MHz PSB.

It is not fully clear why Intel decided to cancel 478-pin Pentium 4 “Prescott” processors 3.60GHz provided that some mainboards were capable of supporting the chip which dissipates up to 103W of heat.

According to certain estimations, there will be 8%, 32% and 45% of LGA775 processors in Intel’s desktop lineup in Q2, Q3 and Q4 respectively. Obviously, a substantial part of such chips will be top-end Pentium 4 processors at first.
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040123103754.html

It looks like we wont have to wait till Q2 2005 and the Teja's for socket T :). I think this is a good move on Intels part to go ahead and move away from socket 478 now.

LGA775 aka Socket T will not be an ordinary CPU socket, but will utilise new land grid array (LGA) connector type which permits direct electrical connection between a module substrate and a mainboard. It is bit complex type of socketing, but it allows making CPUs with higher density of pins keeping the costs of such devices at levels suitable for mainstream computing. Additionally, LGA775 is better suitable for processors with higher power consumption and core-clock.
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I will definately hold off now on the 478 pin prescotts and buy a new Socket T board.
 
I just got my socket 478 stuff, gonna be waiting maybe 3 years until my next step up to Tejas core or whatever the thing is beyond Tejas. LGA seems like a very awesome move up from pin-based sockets.

Maybe by then DNF, Doom 3, and HL2 will be out and we'll still be asking if our machines can handle them. :p
 
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