On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:33:59 -0500, YANSWBVCG <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Tim Roberts <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Noob <root@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Tim Roberts wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave Feustel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is the new Intel Silverstone chip 64-bit instruction capable, or
only 32-bit?
>>>>
>>>> It took me a while to figure out that you really meant
"Silverthorne"...
>>>>
>>>> The official marketing name is "Intel Atom". Details are still
sketchy,
>>>> but everything I read seems to show that is will do x86 32-bit, but
not
>>>> 64-bit. Since it is targetted at things like cell phones and iPods,
the
>>>> lack of 64-bit wouldn't be an issue.
>>>
>>>I would tend to agree with you.
>>>
>>>But ArsTechnica's Hannibal seems to think it will be 64-bit.
>>>
>>>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080205-small-wonder-inside-intels-silverthorne-ultramobile-cpu.html
>>>
>>>Anand's article is interesting too.
>>>
>>>http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3230
>>
>> You are correct; I've now seen 3 articles that mention x86-64
>> (although only briefly in each case), so I will back down from my
>> initial conclusion.
>>
>> It is fascinating that none of the Intel literature mentions this.
>> All I've seen in the official docs is "x86 front end".
>
>Any ideas as to how much an Atom-based Desktop system might cost? I
>would like to get a really cheap 64-bit x86 system for experimenting
>with various operating systems.
>
The EE TImes article I cited in my prior post says Atom is targeted
for mobile applications, to compete with ARM. It would seem pretty
strange for a chip designed for this market to sup****t 64-bit code.
The article notes that the chip will scale to 1.8 GHz, which is "far
faster than the current ARM offerings", and that it sup****ts
Hyperthreading, but in responding to the media claim that "Atom
will be great for PCs" it suggests that is only true for low-end PCs,
low-end laptops, and ultramobile PCs where "you don't need gigahertz
of performance". It's claim to fame is just power reduction (compared
to mainstream x86 chips... ARM is still lower).
Best regards,
Bob Masta
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