2003年第一季度

01/03

windows media player 9 was released on january 7th.

sis 746fx chipset for the amd athlon platform was released on january 7th. the sis 746fx is the successor to the sis 746, featuring support for ddr400, a 333mhz fsb speed and agp8x.

microsoft plus! digital media edition for windows xp was released on january 7th. plus! dme will feature the following applications. plus! photo story provides narrateable, moving and panning slideshows of photos. plus! alarm clock uses wmp9 to wake you up to a playlist. plus! analog recorder helps you to record music from analogue sources such as tape and lp. plus! audio converter converts between wma, mp3 and wav formats. plus! cd maker label is similar to the label maker found in the origional plus!, but with support for mp3 and wma data cds. plus! dancer integrates into wmp9, providing animated dancers on your desktop. plus! party mode converts your machine into a jukebox, allowing access to your playlist and various visual effects, but prevents access to the rest of your personal files. finally sync & go for pocket pc allows you to sync audio and video between your pc and pocket pc. plus! dme will retail for $20 and will be made available as a download.

s3 / via deltachrome gpu, formally codenamed columbia, was announced on january 7th. the deltachrome core will be released in multiple guises for both the notebook and desktop sectors, with the desktop version scheduled for release by the end of q2 and the notebook version (alphachrome) reaching volume production by q4. deltachrome is a directx 9 part, featuring an 8 pixel pipeline and supporting vertex and pixel shader 2.0 standards and beyond (the featureset is very similar to nv30). the core will, however, contain significantly less transistors than either ati’s r300 or nvidia’s nv30 cores (around 80-90 million compared to the r300’s 110 million and nv30’s 125 million). deltachrome is expected to clock to at least 300mhz (possibly up to 30% higher), with a number of different clock speeds being made available (200-240mhz for the base model featuring 4 pixel pipelines, 300mhz for the mid range part and 300mhz+ for the high end part). the core interfaces to standard ddr memory over a 128-bit bus, utilising four 64-bit memory controllers much like nvidia’s nv25 (gf4). at 300mhz deltachrome will have a fill rate of 2.4gpixels/s (compared to the r300’s 2.6gpixels/s) and a memory bandwidth of 11gb/s (compared to the r300s 19.2gb/s). the deltachrome does contain occlusion culling (read memory bandwidth saving) technology, but not quite to the same degree as the r300 (let alone nv30). deltachrome also features a 400mhz ramdac for 2d output.

windows movie maker 2 was released on january 8th.

intel mobile pentium 4-m 2.4ghz was released on january 14th.

intel mobile celeron 2ghz was released on january 14th.

compaq alpha 21364 (ev7) was released in january (20th?) with an initial maximum clock speed of 1.15ghz. the ev7 is built on a 0.18 micron process and  contains around 90 million transistors (it will dissipate around 155w). the processor core is expected to contain an integrated rambus memory controller, on-chip switching (for glueless smp, eliminating the need for off-chip crossbar switches in smp systems) and up to 1.75mb of l2 cache. it will be housed in a 1443-pin lga package. the processor is expected to deliver around 804 specint2000 and 1253 specfp2000.

via c3 (nehemiah) cpu was released on january 22nd, with initial clock speeds of 1.0, 1.06, 1.13 & 1.2ghz and manufactured on a 0.13 micron process. the nehemiah core has a very long 16 stage pipeline to help increase clock speeds and includes 128kb l1 (64kb data, 64kb instruction) and 64kb l2 cache, improved fpu and integer performance, enhanced branch prediction, sse support and out of order mmx execution. never the less, the performance of nehemia, whilst being significantly better than ezra-t, lags behind intel’s celeron by a very wide margin. the nehemiah core is a low power socket 370 processor, with a core voltage of 1.4v generating just 18.4w.

02/03

amd athlon mp 2600+ was released on february 4th. see the thoroughbred roadmap entry for additional information.

amd athlon xp 3000+ (barton) was released on february 10th. barton is the followup to the amd athlon xp thoroughbred core and is built on the same 0.13 micron process. the barton core is identical to its predecessor, thoroughbred b, except it contains 512kb of l2 cache rather than 256kb. as well as the 3000+ (2.167ghz) cpu, a 2800+ (2.083ghz) and 2500+ (1.83ghz) cpus will shortly become available. all the initial barton processors will run on a 333mhz fsb, although later processors may well migrate to a 400mhz fsb. the performance of barton compared with its predecessor thoroughbred b largely depends on the applications use of additional cache. benchmarks which do not reply heavily on cache, such as content creation, scientific applications and 3d rendering programs, can show the 3000+ barton being outperformed by the slightly higher clocked thoroughbred b 2800+. office applications, however, provide around a 5% improvement over the 2800+ and games offer up to a 7% speed up (often 2-3%).

nvidia geforce fx 5800 / 5800 ultra cards became available in late february. the geforce fx 5800 series cards are built around nvidia’s nv30 gpu. the geforce fx 5800 ultra runs at a core clock speed of 500mhz and contains 1ghz (500mhz ddr-ii) memory over a 128-bit bus. geforce fx 5800 ultra cards are expected to retail for around $399. the geforce fx 5800 is expected to run at a core clock of 400mhz, interfacing to 800mhz memory over a 128-bit bus.

initial benchmarks show that the geforce fx 5800 ultra is, generally speaking, slightly faster that ati’s radeon 9700 pro, although it can be slower under certain benchmarks (benchmarks fall between 89% and 139% of a 9700 pro, but on average are around 5-10% faster).

intel price cuts occurred on february 23rd. see the intel cpu prices page for additional information.

amd price cuts occurred on february 24th. see the amd cpu prices page for additional information.

03/03

ati radeon 9800 / 9800 pro (r350), were released on march 6th. the r350 is a slight enhancement to the radeon 9700’s r300 core, manufactured on the same 0.15 micron process. the r350 core includes a slightly improved featureset over the r300, offering an improved version of hyper-z iii (z cache optimisation, particularly tailored for stencil operations used in newer games such as doom iii), improved z- and colour compression algorithms (increases aa performance) and smartshader 2.1, allowing shader programs of unlimited length using a fragment stream fifo buffer (f-buffer). optimisations made to the core allow for higher clock speeds and lower power consumption, with the top-of-the-range radeon 9800 pro offering 380mhz core and 680mhz memory clocks (compared with the radeon 9700 pro’s 325/620mhz). the standard radeon 9800 features a ?mhz core connected to ?mhz ddr memory (compared to the radeon 9700’s 275mhz core / 540mhz ddr). as well as the standard 128mb radeon 9800 pro, a 256mb model will also be produced - possibly with a higher clock speed and featuring ddr2 memory.

the radeon 9800 pro notably outperforms nvidia’s nv30 (geforce fx 5800) series and ati’s own radeon 9700 pro. initial benchmarks show that clock-for-clock the r350 core performs virtually identically to that of the r300 core when anti-aliasing and ansiotropic filtering are not used, but between 10% and 30% faster when these features are turned on. generally speaking, the radeon 9800 (non-pro) performs very similarly to the radeon 9700 pro in aa and ansio situations. the radeon 9800 pro is between 0% and 50% faster than the radeon 9700 pro, usually around 10-20% faster.

ati radeon 9600 / 9600 pro (rv350) were released on march 6th on a 0.13 micron process. the rv350 is the successor to ati’s rv300 core found in the non-pro radeon 9500, featuring the same 4 pixel pipelines and 2x64-bit memory controllers, but operating with increased clock speeds. the 0.13micron process has allowed the core to be significantly redesigned, optimising the core for the 2x64bit memory controllers (compared to the 4x64-bit optimisation of rv300) and a superior hyper-z engine (even to that found in r350, due to the extra die space available with a 0.13 micron process). rv350’s hyper-z implementation gives a z compression ratio of 8:1 rather than 6:1.
the radeon 9600 pro will be clocked at 400mhz core & 600mhz memory over a 128-bit bus (compared to 275/540mhz in the radeon 9500 pro, although the 9500 pro had twice the number of pixel pipelines). the standard radeon 9600 features clock speeds of 325mhz core/ 400mhz memory (compared to 275/540mhz in the radeon 9500).

ati radeon 9200 (rv280) was released on march 6th. the rv280 is based around the rv250 (the radeon 9000/pro) core, but includes agp 8x support and is expected to ship with higher clock speeds.

nvidia geforce fx 5600 ultra (nv31) was released on march 6th. nv31 is targeted at the performance end of the mainstream market, replacing the geforce4 ti line with a fully directx 9 capable part. nv31 is a cut down version of the nv30 core, built on the same 0.13micron process but featuring 4 pixel pipelines, as opposed to the 8 in nv30. nv31 actually has a slightly more efficient memory controller and improved z- and colour compression algorithms compared to nv30 (due to nv31 being a later design), but its lower core and memory clocks, along with the reduction in pixel pipelines, mean that it will not approach nv30 in performance. nv31 additionally features an integrated tmds transmitter, not found in nv30, along with 2x400mhz ramdacs (taken from nv30). the core features 80 million transistors (compared to nv30’s 125 million) and runs at a clock speed of 350mhz (5800 ultra is 500mhz) interfaced to 700mhz ddr memory (5800 ultra is 1ghz ddr2). unlike the 5800 series, however, nv31 does not require additional power or extreme cooling measures.

the geforce fx 5600 ultra is expected to retail for around $199. initial benchmarks show that the geforce fx 5600 ultra offers similar performance to the geforce4 ti 4200 without aa or ansio, but outperforms it when these features are enabled.

nvidia geforce fx 5200 / 5200 ultra (nv34), the mainstream version of the geforce fx (nv30) and the successor to the geforce4 mx series, was released on march 6th. nv34 is based around the nv31 core, but has a number of features removed and is built on a 0.15micron process. the nv34 core contains 45million transistors and features 4 pixel pipelines, but it lacks the z- and colour compression features of nv31. the pixel pipelines, whilst being functionally identical to nv30/nv31 contain fewer pipeline stages (more stages allow for higher clock speeds). nv34 also features two 350mhz ramdacs, compared to the 2x400mhz units found in nv30/nv31. never the less the nv34 is fully directx 9 capable and beyond, having identical capabilities to nv30. the geforce 5200 ultra features a core clock of 325mhz interfacing with 650mhz ddr memory. the non-ultra part will be clocked slightly lower.

the geforce fx 5200 ultra is expected to retail for around $149, with the geforce fx 5200 coming in at around $99. initial benchmarks show that the geforce fx 5200 ultra offers slightly better performance than a geforce4 mx 460 without aa or ansio enabled. with these features turned on, performance is close to a geforce4 ti 4200.

via kt400a chipset for the amd athlon platform was released on march 10th. the via kt400a is the successor to the kt400 chipset, featuring an enhanced memory controller (marketed as faststream64), full ddr400 support and a soon-to-be-released updated south bridge. the enhancements made to the memory controller include deeper command and data buffers along with larger pre-fetch buffers. via’s new south bridge - vt8237 - will not be ready for mass production until q2, but it’s enhancements include a native 4 channel serial ata controller (as opposed to a pci bus based controller), 8 x usb2 ports and support for via’s ultra v-link north to south bridge interconnect, providing 1.06gb/s bandwidth.

initial benchmarks show the kt400a falls 7-8% behind nforce2 on business applications (where nvidia’s fast ide drivers provide a significant boost), but a smaller 2-4% slower on game benchmarks. note that these comparisons are with nforce2’s dual channel 128-bit memory access mode. compared to the kt400 chipset, however, these are marked improvements - up to 15% on business applications and 8% with games.

intel xeon 3.0 & 3.06ghz (prestonia) were released on march 10th.

microsoft office system 2003 beta 2, formally called office 11, was released on march 10th. see the final office 2003 roadmap for additional information.

intel pentium-m (centrino) 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 & 1.6ghz mobile cpu, formally known as banias, was released on march 12th. whilst being x86 compatible, banias is intel’s first cpu designed specifically for mobile usage with a much greater emphasis on power conservation. banias reduces power consumption through aggressive clock gating (switching unused processor blocks off when they are not in use), the use of intel’s microops fusion technology to make more efficient use of the processors execution units, a power optimised bus (400mhz and low voltage with the ability to switch parts of the bus off) and a dedicated hardware stack manager (reduces the performance penalty caused by stack operations - push, pop, call & ret - which reduces the number of micro ops that need to be processed). the l2 cache of banias is 1mb in size and is arranged in banks, each of which can be turned on and off to reduce power requirements.

the performance of banias is extremely competitive with the more power hungry pentium 4-m, with a 1.6ghz pentium-m generally offering superior performance to all current pentium 4-m processors and roughly equivalent to the desktop p4 2.66ghz.

intel i855pm chipset, formally known as odem and part of intel’s centrino technology, for the banias processor was released on march 12th. the i855pm features agp4x, support up to 1gb of 200 or 266mhz ddr memory and usees the ich4m south bridge, providing usb2 support.

intel i855gm chipset, formally known as montara gm, for the banias processor was released on march 12th. the i855gm chipset adds an integrated graphics core with digital video out, lvds support and tv-out to the featureset of the i855pm.

nvidia geforce fx go 5600 (nv31m) mobile gpu was released on march 13th. the nv31m is the high-end successor to the nv17m is based around the desktop nv31 core, combined with the power saving features of the nv17m (geforce4 go). the geforce fx go 5600 features a core and memory clock of 350mhz - the same as the desktop geforce fx 5600 ultra.

nvidia geforce fx go 5200 (nv34m) mobile gpu was released on march 13th. the nv34m is the value oriented successor to the nv17m, and is based around the desktop nv34 core, combined with the power saving features of the nv17m (geforce4 go). the geforce fx go 5200 features a core and memory clock of 300mhz - slightly less that the desktop geforce fx 5200 ultra’s 325mhz/325mhz ddr.

ati radeon 9600 / 9600 pro mobility mobile gpus were released on march 13th. the radeon 9600 mobility series are the mobile equivalent of the desktop radeon 9600s. the core and memory speeds of the 9600 mobility are 350mhz core, 300mhz ddr memory (between the desktop 9600 and 9600 pro). the pro version will have a higher clocked core and will feature support for gddr-iim memory. the exact clock speeds were not disclosed at the time of the announcement.

ati radeon 9200 mobility (m9+) mobile gpu was released on march 13th. the radeon 9200 mobility is the mobile equivalent of the desktop radeon 9200, adding agp8x to the radeon 9000 mobility core. the core and memory speeds have been increased over the mobility 9000, with the mobility 9200 featuring a core and ddr memory clock of 275mhz (compared to the 250mhz core, 230mhz ddr memory of the mobility 9000).

ati radeon 7000m mobile chipset, the successor to the igp 330, was released on march 13th. the radeon 7000m supports ddr333 memory and replaces the integrated radeon ve graphics with integrated radeon 7500 graphics.

microsoft directx 9.0a was released on march 25th. this release resolves issues found with the original directx 9 release, including issues with ati’s catalyst drivers, msn messenger and some multiplayer games.

microsoft windows server 2003(rtm) was released to manufacturing on march 28th. see the release roadmap entry for additional information.

intel celeron 2.2 & 2.4ghz were released on march 31st. see the intel cpu prices page for additional information.

q1/03

rambus pc1200 memory is expected to become available in late q2, following availability of sis r658 chipset motherboards. pc1200 rdram will run at a clock speed of 1200mhz and is expected to be available with memory interfaces of 16 and 32bits. the memory bandwidth of pc1200 is 2.4gb/s for 16bit rdram and 4.8gb/s for the 32bit variety.

2003年第二季度

04/03

intel i875p chipset, formally known as canterwood, was released on april 14th. the i875p is the workstation version of springdale (the i865), providing support for both 533mhz and 800mhz fsb speeds along with dual channel ddr400 memory and a dedicated 2mb/s csa gigabit ethernet bus (see the springdale roadmap entry for more details). the i875p chipset is essentially a speed binned version of the i865 sprindgale chipset in which intel has enabled its performance acceleration technology memory mode (pat). intel’s pat provides reduced memory latencies which are implemented by using ’bypass paths’ and ’fast paths’ in the mch. the i875p will also provide ecc memory support and will use intel’s ich5 or ich5-r south bridge.

the performance of the i875 chipset is notably better than the i845pe (around 9% in content creation, 4-10% faster in games & up to 23% faster in professional 3d applications) and outperforms intel’s previous performance champion, the i850e, on the majority of benchmarks.

intel ich5 / ich5r south bridge was released on april 14th.  ich5 features support for serial ata, 8xusb 2.0 ports and software raid-0 (on ich5r) in addition to the featureset of ich4. raid-1 support for the ich5-r will be provided in a future driver release.

intel pentium 4 3.0ghz was announced on april 14th, although shipments have been delayed for technical reasons. the 3.0ghz p4 (stepping d1) is the first pentium 4 to feature an 800mhz fsb speed (200mhz quad pumped), and like the 3.06ghz pentium 4 it features hyperthreading technology.

the 800mhz fsb speed of the 3ghz pentium 4 provides around a 2-8% advantage over the 533mhz p4 3.06ghz processor in games, around 1.5% in business applications and up to 11% in professional 3d applications.

intel pentium 4m 2.5ghz mobile cpu was released on april 16th.

intel mobile celeron 2.2 & 1.26ghz were released on april 16th.

amd opteron 840 & 842 (sledgehammer), the large cache (1mb l2), 8-way multiprocessor version of clawhammer (athlon 64), is expected to be released on april 22nd. sledgehammer cpus will be the first 64-bit chips from amd to achieve volume shipments. the on-die memory controller of sledgehammer will support a 128-bit ddr interface (compared to the 64-bit ddr interface of clawhammer) for quicker memory access to a larger quantity of ram (up to 8 dimms per cpu). see the clawhammer roadmap entry for additional information about the hammer core.

sledgehammer will be built around a 940 pin package, which includes an integrated heat spreader to improve thermal transfer and reduce the risk of crushing the core when adding a heatsink.

amd opteron 240 & 242 (sledgehammer), the dual-processor capable version of the opteron 84x series, is expected to be released on april 22nd.

amd opteron 140 & 142 (sledgehammer), the single-processor capable version of the opteron 84x series, is expected to be released on april 22nd.

amd price cuts are expected on april 22nd. see the amd cpu prices page for additional information.

amd 8000 series chipsets, for the hammer processor series, are expected to be released alongside the hammer processors in april. the workstation version of this chipset, formally known as lokar, will not contain the pci-x bridge. the server version, formally known as golem, will contain the pci-x bridge and may be released with sledgehammer in q1. the 8000 series chipset will consist of an agp hub (north bridge, without the memory controller as this is now on-die), an i/o hub (south bridge) and an optional pci-x bridge. these chips are linked by amd’s hypertransport technology.

the agp hub is called the amd 8151 and supports agp 3.0 specification signalling (for agp 4x and agp 8x) as well as legacy agp 2.0 signalling (for agp 1x, 2x and 4x). the i/o hub (amd 8111) supports 8 x 33mhz, 32-bit pci slots, 6 usb ports, ata133 support, an integrated ethernet controller and ac97 6 channel audio and modem. the amd 8151 pci-x bridge (optional and aimed at the server / sledgehammer market) integrates two pci-x bridges on the one core, with support for 5 pci master slots per bridge. the pci-x bridge supports 66 and 33mhz pci as well as 133mhz, 100mhz, 66mhz and 33mhz pci-x, and provides hot plug functionality.

via k8t400 chipset, for the hammer processor series, is expected to be released alongside the hammer processors in april (perhaps postponed to athlon 64 launch in september). the k8t400 is expected to support agp8x, 32 & 64bit pci, a 533mb/s v-link bus, 6 usb ports and possibly serial ata (perhaps implemented as a separate chip). this chipset may be a single chip solution, containing both an agp controller and south bridge functionality - the hammer processors contain an on-die memory controller.

sis 755 chipset, for the hammer processor series, is expected to be released alongside the hammer processors in april. sis 755 is expected to feature support for pc2700 ddr sdram and agp 8x as well as provide integrated graphics. the sis 755 will feature a 1066mb/s link to the sis 963 south bridge which offers support for ata133, 3 x iee1394 and 6 x usb2.0 ports.

nvidia crush k8 chipset, the hammer version of nforce2, is expected to be announced alongside the hammer processors in april. the k8 is not expected to feature an integrated gpu, but will be a single package featuring both north and south bridges in one chip. see the nforce2 roadmap entry for additional details.

matrox millennium p650 & p750 are expected to be released on april 23rd. these cards are based around the parhelia lx gpu, a slightly modified version of the original parhelia 512 gpu released last spring. parhelia lx will feature support for agp8x and additional optimisations (possibly an improved fragment anti alias algorithm and a revised memory controller). however, the new cards will feature a narrower 128-bit bus (rather then the original 256-bit bus) and are aimed at the business and cad/cam sectors rather than the gaming market.

the millennium p650 features 64mb of memory and dualhead support. the p750 will feature 128mb of memory and triplehead support.

windows server 2003, the server editions of windows xp, are expected to be released on april 24th. the windows server 2003 products include windows web server, windows standard server (replacing windows 2000 server), windows enterprise server (replacing advanced server) and windows datacenter server (which now supports 128gb of ram up from 64gb in the windows 2000 version). enterprise and datacenter servers are available as 64-bit versions. windows server 2003 is a significantly updated version of windows 2000 server, featuring improved migration tools, significant performance improvements, volume shadow copies technology and updated versions of many services, e.g. iis, media services, terminal services etc.

windows xp 64-bit edition 2003, the 64-bit version of windows xp designed primarily for itanium 2, is expected to be released on april 24th. this version of windows xp will only be available through oems.

microsoft visual studio.net 2003, codenamed everett, is expected to be released on april 24th alongside windows server 2003. everett is a minor update for visual studio.net providing better security, improved performance and the final version of the .net compact framework for mobile phone and handheld devices.

intel price cuts for celeron processors are expected to occur on april 27th. see the intel cpu prices page for additional information.

05/03

intel price cuts for pentium 4 processors are expected to occur on may 11th. see the intel cpu prices page for additional information.

intel pentium 4 2.8, 2.6 & 2.4ghz are expected to be released on may 21st. these processors will feature an 800mhz fsb speed and hyperthreading technology.

intel i865pe chipset, formally known as springdale pe, for the intel northwood and prescott p4 cores, is expected to be released on may 21st. springdale-pe will support both 533mhz and 800mhz fsb speeds (800mhz support will be required for the 3.2ghz p4 and prescott). springdale-pe will also offer support for dual channel ddr266, ddr333 & ddr400 sdram, offering up to 6.4gb/s of memory bandwidth, and agp8x. springdale-pe will support up to 4gb of memory through 4 dimm sockets. the springdale series will feature a new interface called the communications streaming architecture (csa) bus. the csa bus is dedicated to high speed lan devices (gigabit ethernet) and provides a separate 2gb/s link to prevent lan devices from saturating the ich/mch link or the pci bus. springdale will include intel’s ich5 south bridge.

intel i865p chipset, formally known as springdale p, for the intel northwood p4, is expected to be released on may 21st. the i865p is a scaled back version of the i865pe, offering support for 400mhz and 533mhz fsb speeds, but not the 800mhz fsb required by later cpus, and dual channel ddr266/333.

intel i865g chipset, for the intel northwood and prescott p4 cores, is expected to be released on may 21st. the i865g is the integrated graphics version of the i865pe, featuring support for 533mhz & 800mhz fsb speeds. the graphics core of the i865g, known as intel extreme graphics 2, will be up to twice as fast as the core introduced with the i845ge, and will be directx 8 compliant.

microsoft office system 2003 is expected to be released in may. the successor to office xp, office 11 incorporates an additional two products - office onenote 2003, a note capture and organization tool, and office infopath 2003, an information gathering tool for teams and organizations. also included are updated versions of word, access, excel, outlook and powerpoint along with the web-based windows sharepoint services and office online services. office 2003 features increased xml support to improve data linkage between applications, a new user interface (e.g. outlook will feature a vertically split window rather than the current horizontally split window), cleartype technology, digital ink support for the tablet pc, improved rights management (e.g. protected emails that can’t be copied, cut to the clipboard or printed), email spam filtering and a persistant query window. it should be noted that windows 9x support has officially been dropped for microsoft office system 2003.

amd opteron 243 is expected to be released in may.

amd opteron 143 is expected to be released in may.

nvidia nv35, the successor to nv30 (geforce 5800 series), is expected to be released in may. nv35 is expected to be strongly based around nv30, but with modifications to provide better performance and yield. the performance improvements are known to include a significantly enhanced memory controller. nv35 is expected to contains around 130 million transistors - 5 million more than nv30.

via kt600 chipset, for the athlon platform, is expected to be released in may. the kt600 is the successor to the kt400a chipset. in addition to the functionality offered by the kt400a, the kt600 will support the 400mhz fsb speed of future athlon xp processors.

06/03

intel pentium 4m 3.06, 2.8, 2.66 and 2.4ghz mobile cpus are expected to be released in june.

intel i825gm chipset, for the mobile pentium 4, is expected to be released in june. this chipset is expected to be the pentium 4m equivalent of intel’s i855 series banias chipsets, and will include integrated graphics.

intel i825gme chipset for the mobile pentium 4, is expected to be released in june. the i825gme is an enhanced version of the i825gm.

amd opteron 844 is expected to be released in june.

amd opteron 244 is expected to be released in june.

amd opteron 144 is expected to be released in june.

intel pentium 4 3.2ghz is expected to be released in june.

q2/03

intel banias 1.7ghz is expected to be released in q2.

intel banias 1.1ghz (lv) & 900mhz (ulv) are expected to be released in q2. note lv stands for low voltage, with ulv being ultra low voltage.

via pt600 chipset for the pentium 4 processor is expected to be released in q2. the pt600 is the dual channel ddr400 version of the pt400 chipset.

via pt400 chipset for the pentium 4 processor is expected to be released in early q2 (sampling jan, production late march). the pt400 chipset will provide single channel ddr400 and will support the forthcoming 800mhz fsb speed of the pentium 4.

via km400 chipset for the athlon processor is expected to be released in q2. the km400 chipset will feature integrated castle rock graphics (1 rendering pipeline with 2tmus, duoview, 8-64mb uma memory).

sis 648fx chipset, for the pentium 4, is expected to be released in early q2 (sampling feb, production march/april). sis 648fx is the successor to the sis 648 and will provide support for ddr400 and an 800mhz fsb speed.

sis 655fx chipset for the pentium 4 is expected to be released in q2. the sis 655 is the successor to the sis 648, featuring support for dual channel ddr sdram. the sis 655fx supports ddr400 sdram and an 800mhz fsb speed. the sis 655 will feature a 1066mb/s link to the sis 963 south bridge which offers support for ata133, 3 x iee1394 and 6 x usb2.0 ports.

 amd athlon mp (barton), the follow-up to the thoroughbred core athlon mp, is expected to be released in q2. barton mp will contain 512kb of l2 cache.

nvidia crush k8g chipset is expected to be announced in q2. the k8g is expected to feature an integrated geforce4 gpu (nv25 or nv17?).

ali m1681 chipset for the intel p4 platform is expected to be released in h1 2003. the m1681 is the successor to the aladdin p4a m1671a chipset, adding support for dual channel ddr400 sdram, agp8x and an 800mhz fsb speed. the m1681 will use amd’s hypertransport bus protocol, presumable to connect to the m1563 south bridge.

ali m1687 chipset for the amd hammer platform is expected to be released in h1 2003. the m1687 is expected to support ddr333 sdram and agp8x.

ali m1688 chipset for the amd hammer platform is expected to be released in h1 2003. the m1688 is based around the m1687 core, but features integrated graphics.

sis xabre ii gpu is expected to be released in q2. the xabre ii product line is expected to consist of the sis 340 and sis341 core. the sis 34x series is the successor to the sis 33x (xabre) gpus. the entire sis 34x range will offer full directx 9 support, conforming to the pixel and vertex shaders 2.0 specification. the sis 340 is expected to contain 8 rendering pipelines with a single texture unit each and be clocked at 375mhz core and perhaps 500mhz ddr-ii sdram. the sis 341 is a cut down version of the sis340, offering 4 pixel pipelines and perhaps reduced clock speeds.

windows 2000 sp4 is expected to be released in q2.

2003年第三季度

07/03

08/03

09/03

amd athlon 64 (clawhammer) 3400+, the 64-bit successor to the athlon xp, is expected to be released in september. both clawhammer and its enterprise class brother sledgehammer (opteron) will feature amd’s proprietary x86-64 instruction set, which is an extension to the current x86 instruction set to enable 64bit operations and will be built on a 0.13 micron soi process. the basic architecture of the hammer processors are based around previous generation athlon cores, with the addition of the x86-64 instruction set, sse-ii, significantly improved branch prediction, a larger l2 cache (probably 512kb for clawhammer and 1mb for sledgehammer) and a slightly longer pipeline to allow additional clock ramping (12 stages rather than 10 in the athlon). the hammer processors will use a new numa (non-uniform memory access) bus which will replace the ev6 bus used with amd’s athlon and duron processors. numa will be able to link 8 or more processors together, with each processor having access to the full bandwidth of the processor’s bus, and will use amd’s hypertransport technology (formally ldt - lightning data transport) bus protocol. the hammer core contains three hypertransport links - one to connect to the external agp controller (& southbridge) and two to connect to additional processors (a direct link to 2 processors). the core additionally contains an on-die memory controller (as opposed to it being integrated into the north bridge) for improved memory latency. the memory controller supports pc1600, pc2100 and pc2700 ddr sdram through a 64-bit interface (clawhammer).

clawhammer will be built around a 754 pin package, which includes an integrated heat spreader (like that used on the pentium 4 and tualatin piii/celeron cpus) to improve thermal transfer and reduce the risk of crushing the core when adding a heatsink.

amd athlon 64 (paris), the small cache version of clawhammer, is expected to be released in q3 (september?).

amd mobile athlon 64 (clawhammer) is expected to be released in september. the mobile clawhammer will be based around the desktop clawhammer.

q3/03

amd athlon xp (thorton), the successor to the thoroughbred-b core, is expected to be released in mid 2003. thorton, like thoroughbred, is expected to have a 256kb l2 cache and be built on a 0.13 micron process.

intel prescott ia32 cpu is the 0.09micron successor to the northwood core of the pentium 4 due around q3 / q4. prescott is expected to launch at clock speeds of 3.2 and 3.4ghz, and will initially run on an 800mhz (200mhz quad pumped) front side bus. prescott features a number of architectural improvements, including larger 1mb l2 and 16kb l1 caches, an improved branch predictor and pre-fetcher, an extra 13 instructions for accelerating media applications and improved hyperthreading (due to two of the additional instructions centred around thread synchronisation). prescott is expected to scale up to 5ghz on a 800mhz fsb and >5ghz on the forthcoming 1066mhz fsb speed.

intel kyrene chipset is expected to be launched in q3. kyrene is expected to feature ddr-ii support.

intel celeron 2.4ghz is expected to be release in q3. see the celeron (northwood) roadmap entry for additional information about this core.

intel madison 1.2 - 1.6ghz ia64 cpu is expected to be released in q3. madison is the 0.13 micron successor to the mckinley (’itanium 2’) ia64 cpu. madison is expected to based around the mckinley core, but will contain a larger 6mb l3 cache.

intel deerfield 1ghz ia64 cpu is expected to be released in late q3 / early q4. deerfield is based around the 0.13 micron madison core, but contains a smaller 1mb l3 cache. deerfield will be intel’s first ’value’ ia-64 processor.

amd opteron 4400+ (sledgehammer) is expected to be released in h2 2003. this processor is expected to be the first to be manufactured on amd’s 0.09 micron process.

intel xeon 3.2ghz (prestonia), for both 400mhz and 533mhz fsb speeds, is expected to be released in q3.

via pt800 for the pentium 4 processor is expected to be released in h2 2003 (estimated). the pt800 chipset is the successor to the pt600 chipset, providing support for ddr-ii sdram.

ati rx380 chipset, for the pentium 4, is expected to be released in q3 (possibly q2). rx380 is expected to feature support for an 800mhz fsb speed, ddr333 and ddr400 memory and agp8x. the rx380 is expected to be paired with ati’s sb300c south bridge, featuring support for ata133, serial ata, 6 channel audio, 3com 10/100 ethernet and usb2.

ati rs380 chipset, for the pentium 4, is expected to be released in q3 (possibly q2). rs380 is the integrated graphics version of the rx380, powered by an rv280 (radeon 9200) core. the rs380 is expected to feature an additional 64-bit memory controller giving the ability to use a memory module solely as a frame buffer.

2003年第四季度

intel xeon 3.4ghz (nocona) ia32 cpu is expected to be released in q4 on a 0.09 micron process. nocona is the server version of prescott targeted towards the high volume dual processor market. nocona is expected to debut with clock speeds around 3.2ghz. nocona is expected to use a 533mhz quad pumped fsb (initially), contain 1mb of l2 cache and support intel’s hyperthreading ii technology.

intel celeron 2.5ghz is expected to be release in q4. see the celeron (northwood) roadmap entry for additional information about this core.

intel dothan 1.8ghz mobile cpu is the 0.09 micron successor to banias. dothan is expected to feature a 400mhz fsb speed and 2mb cache. like banias, dothan will use intel’s odem and montara chipsets.

intel i855gme chipsets, formally known as montara gme, for the dothan processor is expected to be released in q4. the i855gme is an enhanced version of the i855gm chipset.

intel i852gme chipset for dothan is expected to be released in q4.

ddr ii sdram is expected to become available in late 2003 (possibly 2004). ddr-ii is expected to be made available as ddr400, ddr533 and ddr600 modules, with the initial ddr400 modules offering a memory bandwidth of 3.2gb/s. unlike standard sdram and ddr sdram, which use tsop packaging and run at 3.3 or 2.5v,  ddr-ii modules will ship in bga or tsop-ii packages and will require 1.8v. ddr-ii is backwardly compatible with ddr, allowing the use of ddr modules in ddr-ii motherboards.

windows xp sp2 is expected to be released in q4.

2004年度

q1

microsoft visual studio ’whidbey’, the successor to visual studio.net everett, is expected to be released in early 2004. this release is expected to leaver sql server 2003 yukon technology.

ati radeon igp next generation chipset series is expected to be released in q1. these chipsets are expected to be based around ati’s r300 graphics core.

intel dothan 1.9ghz mobile cpu is expected to be released in q1.

compaq alpha ev79, the last in the alpha series and the successor to ev7, is expected to be released in q1.

mobile celeron-m 800a is expected to be released in q1. this processor is built around the dothan core, but contains half the l2 cache (1mb).

q2

amd opteron (athens) is the 90nm successor to sledgehammer, expected to be released in h1 2004. the athens core is expected to contain 1mb of l2 cache.

amd athlon 64 (san diego) is the 90nm successor to clawhammer (athlon 64), expected to be released in h1 2004. the san diego core is expected to contain 1mb of l2 cache.

amd athlon 64 (victoria) is the 90nm, small cache successor to clawhammer, expected to be released in h1 2004. the odessa core is expected to contain 256kb of l2 cache.

amd mobile athlon 64 (odessa) is the 90nm successor to the mobile clawhammer, expected to be released in h1 2004. the odessa core is expected to contain 1mb of l2 cache.

intel nocona b ia32 cpu is expected to be released in h1 2004. nocona b is expected to be identical to nocona, but with support for an 800mhz fsb.

intel lindenhurst chipset for nocona b is expected to be released in h1 2004.

intel ich6 south bridge is expected to be released in h1 2004 (perhaps april). ich6 is the successor to ich5, featuring support for 4 x pci express ports, 2xsata ports and 8xusb2 ports.

pci express, formally 3gio and before that arapahoe, is expected to be introduced in h1 2004. pci express is a serial i/o point-to-point interconnect standard consisting of a number of ’lanes’, each of which provides a bandwidth of 2.5gbits/s (0.31gb/s). if more than one lane is present (i.e. 2x and above) the data stream is multiplexed across all the available lanes. pci express is fully scalable, with plans to produce 16x (5gb/s) and even 32x (10gb/s). pci express is expected to be used for the connection between the north and south bridge chips, replace agp and be a interconnection standard between the south bridge and expansion devices. the most common devices will be 1x and 16x, with 1x busses being used for low bandwidth peripherals such as network cards, sound cards etc and 16x devices being used for high bandwidth devices such as graphics cards. a 1x card will have a 10w power limit, 8x and 16x cards can accept up to 40w and a 32x card can carry up to 100w (and will therefore replace agp pro). initially we are expected to see a combination of standard pci and pci express slots, on motherboards. a standard configuration would be a 16x slot, a 1x slot and a number of standard pci slots. pci express devices also have the advantage of being hot-swappable, and external pci express ports will allow the connection of high-speed external peripherals such as external ide/scsi controllers or network cards. the big water form factor/platform standard will include a modular architecture, allowing pci express cards to be inserted in a similar way to game console cards.

q3

q4

intel tejas ia-32 processor is expected to be release in h2 2004, and will be built using a 90nm process. tejas is the successor to prescott and will be packaged in a 775 contact lga, perhaps called socket t, allowing processors to be snapped in an out of motherboards using a device similar to a waffle iron. the tejas core is expected to feature an improved version of the hyperthreading founf in prescott, an additional 8 multimedia instructions and a slightly larger 24kb l1 cache. tejas will initially run over an 800mhz fsb, but it is expected to migrate to a faster, perhaps 1066mhz, front side bus at a later date. the initial clock speed of tejas is expected to be greater than or equal to 3.6ghz ramping up to 6ghz (some rumours suggest 9.2ghz will be reached before being tejas is replaced by nehalem).

intel grantsdale chipset for both prescott and tejas is expected to be released in h2 2004. grantsdale will feature support for ddr333 and ddr400 memory (possibly ddr-ii 533 as well for the 1066mhz fsb speed of future tejas cores), an enhanced graphics core, newcard expansion card format for wireless communications and support for pci express and serial ata through the ich6 ’south bridge’.

intel copper river chipset is expected to be released in h2 2004. currently little is known about this chipset.

intel alviso-gm chipset for dothan is expected to be released in h2 2004. alviso gm is the successor to the i855gme and is expected to support ddr-ii sdram and pci express.

2004

intel madison 9m ia-64 cpu is expected to be released in 2004. the madison 9m is the 9mb l3 cache version of intel’s madison ia-64 cpu.

serial scsi is expected to be available in 2004. the performance of serial scsi is not currently known.

via cza core cpu is expected to be released in 2004. the cza core is  expected to be released at clock speeds up to 3ghz and be built on a 0.1micron process. the cza core is expected to run on intel’s netburst platform.

pc4300 ddr ii sdram is expected to become available in 2004. pc4300 modules will operate at a clock speed of 533mhz, giving a memory bandwidth of 4.3gb/s.

2005年－200x年

2005

windows longhorn , the successor to windows xp, is expected to be released in late 2004 or early 2005. longhorn is expected to feature improvements in networking and mobility, digital media and entertainment, smart displays (mira 2.0), a/v streaming and concurrency, and compatibility with new tv/client adapters that will connect next-generation media center pcs. longhorn will feature native support for mt rainier for cd-r/rw, dvd+r/+rw and probably other formats (e.g. dvd-r/-rw). longhorn will also feature an improved graphics interface (referred to as the longhorn graphics infrastructure), enabling a 3d interface to windows. the storage subsystem may also be significantly enhanced, using yukon sql server technology (called windows future storage, or winfs), allowing users to perform queries on it, much as they would a database. longhorn will not be available in server versions.

microsoft visual studio 9 is expected to be released in late 2004 / early 2005 alongside windows longhorn. visual studio 9 is the successor to visual studio ’whidbey’, released to coincide with longhorn. visual studio 9 will provide access to the new user interface of longhorn.

intel montecito ia-64 cpu is expected to be released in 2005. montecito is the follow up to intel’s previous madison ia-64 cpu core, and will be a dual-core design.

intel nehalem ia-32 processor is expected to be release in 2005. nehalem is the successor to the netburst architecture cpus (willamette to tejas) and is based around a completely new architecture. nehalem will initially be built on a 90nm process.

intel merom mobile processor, the successor to dothan, is expected to be released in 2005. this processor is expected to feature a different architecture to previous banias-based processors. merom will be built on a 90nm process.

intel crestine-gm chipset for merom is expected to be released in 2005.crestine-gm is expected to support ddrii sdram  and pci express.

sony playstation 3 is expected to be released in 2005. the ps3 is currently rumoured to feature a next generation version of the emotion engine of psii and an ibm processor based around ibm’s ’cell’ architecture. the processor is expected to be based around a 0.10um, soi, copper interconnect process giving teraflops of floating point performance and low power usage.

microsoft office 12 is expected to be released in 2005.

intel 0.07um process is expected to be released in 2005. the clock speed of intel’s netburst architecture processors is expected to be around 8-10ghz on intel’s 0.07 micron process by 2005. the core voltage of these processors is expected to be around 0.85v, and these processors are expected to have around 400m transistors (around 10x greater than the p4).

pc5400 ddr ii sdram is expected to become available in 2005. pc5400 modules will operate at a clock speed of 667mhz, giving a memory bandwidth of 5.4gb/s.

ddr iii sdram is expected to become available in 2005.

serial ata 2 is expected to be introduced in 2005, offering a data transfer twice as high as sata 1, i.e. 300mb/s.

sun ultrasparc v processor is expected to be released in 2005 on a 90nm process. ultrasparc v is expected to be contain a brand new core (i.e. not based around the ultrasparc iii core like the ultrasparc iv) concentrating on improved instruction and thread level parallelism (ilp and tlp). the ultrasparc v core is a 2 threaded cmt (concurrent multi threaded) design and will incorporate vis instruction set 3.

2006

intel shavano ia-64 cpu is expected to be released in 2005/2006. shavano is the successor to intel’s montecito ia-64 cpu. chivano is expected to be a dual core processor design and may introduce an asynchronous serial fsb.

intel gilo mobile processor, the 65nm successor to merom, is expected to be released in 2006.

2007

intel tanglewood ia64 cpu is expected to be introduced in 2006 / 2007. tanglewood is the multi-core (>2) successor to shavano.

serial ata 3 is expected to be introduced in mid 2007, offering a data transfer twice as high as sata 2, i.e. 600mb/s.

200x

windows blackcomb is expected to be released in 200x (2007?). blackcomb will be a server only product

(unlike longhorn, which is client only), and is the successor to windows.net server 2003. blackcomb is expected to showcase the full .net user experience. blackcomb will feature windows future storage, winfs, technology as the native file system.

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