This japanese PC Watch article reporting on Prescott's anticipated power consumption may be the answer on the recent discussion on today's motherboards being capable of Prescott support or not. According to the article, the 3.6 GHz Prescott (0.09µ Pentium 4, 1 MB L2 cache, 16 KB L1 data cache, etc.) was originally expected to have a maximum TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 89W, but it is currently at 103W. By comparison, the 3.2 GHz Northwood has a maximum TDP of 82W. Additionally, the article also states that Intel's future core, Tejas, was planned to start at 100W, but this could change as well with this latest development. Because the higher TDP of Prescott current mainboards may have been compatible with the first power design of Prescott but are not anymore with the revised one. We will update you on the story as it develops.