Question on DNet and PIV CPU

[Chucky]

It seems to me that DNet has not ready for PIV CPU, yet.
Am I right?

 

[Orange Kid]

Dnet clients run by the OS
As to which core the CPU would use, I don't know.
You would have to run a couple of differet ones to see which worked best for your OS, I'm guessing.

 

[Chucky]

I started it this morning but Dnet software could not tell which CPU that is running. So, with the wild guess I would say that DNet is not ready for Intel PIV CPU, yet.

 

[BurntKooshie]

very few people are ready for the P4. Information about how to recompile programs for it, its architectural properties, and other information has only be released recently, and D.net is a group of volunteers, not a group of people with loads of time on their hands. Look how long it took for them to get out a client that is specific to the Athlon: it took them about 9 months I believe. Now, with the P4, i'd expect perhaps 3 months for an optimized client (Intel would likely get precedence over other new architectures *cough* mustang derivatives *cough* because of the user base of intel chips).

Then again, I could be wrong.

 

[Chucky]

I think you are right on the money, BurntKooshie.

 

[sciencewhiz]

Chucky

Did I misread your second post, or do you have a PIV?

 

[ViRGE]

Actually, I doubt anyone would get precidence BK. Dnet's Athlon core was programed by a 2nd party, and that's probably what'll happen with the P4 and Mustang too.:Q

 

[BurntKooshie]

Good point. PLUS, i neglected the fact that, while the P4 will be "available", because of its bloated die size (just like all new cores when they are introduced by intel), it will be a low volume chip (kinda like the 1ghz P3), so people will have a tough time finding it outside of prebuilt systems (kinda like the 1ghz P3), and it will likely be rather expensive, because of its die size, and all the other restrticions (new motherboard type - entirely new bus, exotic EMI shielding, massive heatsinks), will make it kinda expensive (kinda like the 1ghz P3....). The mustang on the other hand (rather, the derivates of the "mustang core&quot, I fully expect to be out in something close to volume at the time that it is actually announced. Its been AMD's style to do that lately

So ViRGE - I think you're right. And considering that you should be able to use a mustang derivative chip in socket A right away (hey, it rhymes!), it might even be the case that, if there are enough tweaks within the mustang core, that the mustang would get a newly developed core for the client before the P4. Only time will tell

 

[Chucky]

Technically, I do not have it (Intel PIV CPU) but am testing it at work.

 

[Russ]

"Technically" that is NOT drool dripping off my chin.

Russ, NCNE

 

[sciencewhiz]

My gut feel is that the PIV core is going to be much harder to write than the athlon core, but once they have finished optimizing the client, the PIV will run really nice.

 

[dawks]

Intel is known for pushing optimizations for their chips hard. I wouldnt be supprised if they help in writting some custom code.

BTW, PIV stands for??

 

[KingHam]

Pentium 4 (IV)

KingHam

 

[ViRGE]

Any chance we could have a benchmark from whatever core does the highest speed?