Comments on: Intel reaches back in time for its ultralow power chips

An architectural idea that dropped out of Intel's chip line years ago makes a comeback in its low power chips.

Similar concept to Sun's Niagara
by meh130 January 28, 2008 5:32 PM PST: Niagara 1 and Niagara 2 use short, in-order pipelines to minimize power consumption.

Niagara processors gain performance by maximizing the output of that pipeline via multithreading, and parallel cores.

It would be interesting if Intel built a multicore server version of this chip.; Like this Reply to this comment

Check your facts!
by c7fanboy January 28, 2008 7:26 PM PST: Quote from this article:
"Out-of-order chips have higher performance, but they burn more energy."
From the Glenn Henry (Centaur CEO) interview by the same reporter refering to the OOO CN Chip:
"The chips, which utilize the so-called Isaiah architecture, are expected to provide double the performance of the company's current chips but consume the same amount of power."; Like this Reply to this comment

Oh so funny
by wildchild_plasma_gyro January 29, 2008 2:46 AM PST: What do you call a man with one chip in his body 15 years from now.
A poor Japanese man

What do you call japan 50 years from now
Poor Mans China (Owee can smell the testorterone)

What do you call the world 200 years from now
Hey theres snow white.

All very tight comments i can assure you.; Like this Reply to this comment

doodly squat?
by c|net Reader January 31, 2008 9:23 AM PST: Is that a West coast phrasing of "diddly squat" as the rest of us in the US say it?; Like this Reply to this comment