3.2GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 800MHz systembus, and 2MB of on-die L3 cache. This ain't no Apple "L3 cache" bull****, but the real deal -- same cache used in the Gallatin Xeons.
The 2MB on-die L3 cache takes the Northwood's 55 million transistors and balloons it to an incredible 108 million transistors, which is still less than the Prescott's 125 million transistors. What's important to note here is that although the Prescott has less than half of the cache of this new Pentium 4, it still has more transistors - giving you some insight into how much Intel enhanced the core. We will have some benchmarking time with the Extreme Edition very soon...
Aii. It's an obvious placeholder while Prescott is prepared for October 26th, since Athlon 64s launch September 22nd.
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