Smithfield war Schnellschuß

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Ultimately, Intel completed the Smithfield processor core in nine months, Douglas said. By Intel's standards, that is an extremely short development time for a major processor design, said Kevin Krewell, editor in chief of The Microprocessor Report in San Jose, California.

"Most designs take years," Krewell said. "But it was very important for them to get back in the game and have a road map."


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http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122236,00.asp

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Das sieht man ja schon wenn man sich die Techspecs anschaut. Das sind zwei zusammengeflanschte DIEs am selben Bus mit keinerlei Interconnect-Logik.