DETAILS HAVE EMERGED of the future design of Intel"s Tejas/Pentium V processor, and of how the chip firm will present it to the world. The chip will sample internally at Intel in January 2004 and will take between four to six months to get to market. The Pentium 6 will follow a very similar schedule.
The Pentium V is likely to fly along at between 5GHz to 7GHz, have 2MB plus of level two cache, be built on a 90 nanometer process, and have a stackable design. The processor we believe, sits in the LGA 775 pin socket, and above it is a very thin heatsink. But, according to sources close to the firm"s plans, another permeable heatsink can sit between this and another microprocessor module, giving a stackable design. The final design of this arrangement is not set in stone.
According to this source, and the details have not been confirmed a module sitting on top could provide 64-bit extensions. And the source claimed, Microsoft is ready to launch a version of Windows called Elements with 64-bit extensions. The idea seems to be that people can buy a 32-bit module, and then add in the 64-bit processor.