Reply 20 of 31, by Standard Def Steve
How's about a Socket 3 ~266MHz 45nm 486 core with 2MB of L2 cache and SSE3 bolted on? That would be fun to play with.
Or how about an entire Core M SoC (system on a cartridge) designed for Slot 1 boards? The cartridge would house the CPU, any necessary VRM, and memory/bus translation logic to enable the Core M's IMC to interface with the BX northbridge. Now that would max out a V5-5500 with ease, allow you to run ISA sound cards, and work with modern SSE2 applications, all on your trusty P3B-F! Memory bandwidth would be a huge bottleneck, but it would still smoke any Tualatin.
94 MHz NEC VR4300 | SGI Reality CoPro | 8MB RDRAM | Each game gets its own SSD - nooice!