Specs and appearance
Specifications
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Intel® Pentium IV Northwood 3.2GHz (16x200FSB (Quad-pumped))
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Intel® NetBurst™ Micro-architecture
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0.13 micron manufacturing process
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8kb of L1 data cache, 12kb of L1 trace execution cache
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512kb of L2 advanced transfer cache
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Copper interconnects
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55 million transistors (12.2 million added for an extra 256kb cache)
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~ 1.525v operating voltage
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80w+ power output
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Integrated heat spreader
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S478 microPGA form factor
It's true to say that every review sample we've ever laid our eyes upon has been an Intel Confidential processor with a 'Q' reference number. About the only meaningful information we call glean from the integrated heatspreader is the Malaysian construction and its Engineering Sample (ES) status. Other than that, this is just another Socket 478 processor running rather quickly.
Just a smidge over 3.2GHz, according to version 3.1 if the popular WCPUID information utility. Our sample was semi-unlocked from 12x - 16x multipliers. We ran the CPU at 3.00GHz (15 x 200FSB) and found results to be identical to a standard 3.00's, therefore we can initially conclude that there's no architectural differences between this and any 'C' Northwood. It's just got more power under the silver heatspreader.
It's going to be fast, it's going to be expensive, and it'll sell to those who are deep of pocket. We've spoken about it at length, so it's time to give it some benchmark lovin'.
