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AMD Duron vs. Intel Celeron
DeadBugs writes: "With all the hype surrounding the new Athlon XP and P4 2.2 GHz, the more affordable processors have been ignored. Tech-Report has a great article comparing the new AMD Duron and Intel Celeron. Both are now running at 1.2 GHz and have upgraded cache. The new Duron contains XP technology, while the Celeron is a PIII Tulatin with a 100MHz bus and built on the .13 micron process."
this is my 4th in two days. you guys need to start trying harder.
An Indian chief had three wives, each of whom was pregnant. The first gave
birth to a boy. The chief was so elated he built her a teepee made of deer
hide. A few days later, the second gave birth, also to a boy. The chief was
very happy. He built her a teepee made of antelope hide. The third wife
gave birth a few days later, but the chief kept the details a secret. He
built this one a two-story teepee, made out of a hippopotamus hide. He
challenged the tribe to guess what had occurred. Many tried,
unsuccessfully. Finally, one young brave declared that the third wife had
given birth to twin boys. "Correct," said the chief. "How did you figure it
out?" The warrior answered, "It's elementary. The value of the squaw of the
hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides."
YEA!! I 0WN J00!!!!
hahahahahahahahaha!!!
that was great!
Did you bump your head as a child?
For all numerical values greater than or equal to zero, and less than or equal to one, the numerical value is used in the singular sense. Thus, "0.13 micron" is the proper English usage.
One could list a few values as: "Zero micron, 0.5 micron, 1 micron, 1.5 microns, 2 microns," etc.
I am not a lawyer. Do not take my words as legal advice. If you need legal advice, consult an attorney.
Speaking of SiS and ECS....
I just got in an ECS k7SEM with onboard everything, and a duron 950. All the onboard stuff is well supported in Linux. You had better have a recent Xserver to handle the onboard video though, the one that ships with Red Hat 7.2 works well (4.1.0). The sound card gets a little flaky under heavy processor load (sometimes XMMS won't be able to open the sound if it changes tracks while the processor is loaded heavily), but it sounds great.
So I got this setup working well. I ordered 6 more of them to build a MOSIX cluster with.
from www.mwave.com:
6-ECS K7SEM motherboards
6-950 Mhz Durons
1-16 port 10/100 switch
Total w/shipping: about $880
from www.sofistic.com:
6-128 meg Micron DIMMs PC133
6-el cheapo cases with 300 watt powersupplies
Total w/shipping: $337 (watch out they rape you on shipping, but their prices are so low it offsets it)
Anyway, so I am building a 6 node supercomputer for $1200. This is what a low end PC used to cost. Boy we have come a long way.
There will be some other costs, like there will need to be a hard disk somewhere for these things to boot from, but no other major costs.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
My question is if this is the rest of the season for Enterprise. Then I got to thinking that I only recall about 5 - 7 episodes initially (before the winter break... or whatever it is called). So, having given up TV for the most part years ago, and therefore not being up to date on what is 'normal', I wondered if this was indeed the norm for television. 10 - 12 episodes a year, with 52 weeks a year only equates to about 1/5 of the year being new episodes.
Does this indicate just a lack of confidence in the makers/producers of Enterprise? Or (if in the case that this is normal) is this merely a reflection on the lack of confidence in television producers as a whole?
Or, is it perhaps, just a simple supply and demand issue. Namely, that quality and quantity can be lowered (one or both) simply because the consumer will take whatever they get? Sort of like a cracker given to a starving man, or perhaps more accurately a bad hit given to a junky. I kind of like this show, if only that it shows great signs of improving each episode. However, I still just am curious about this little anomoly. (as in the ever present "space anomoly") hehehe, which is usually just some collection of Tachyon radiation/particals/rays, or maybe 'anti chronitons' hehehehe
I don't get your point.
You seem to be saying "So what if AMD is cheaper and faster, Intel is fast enough and cheap enough".
No offense, but you're fucked up in the head unless you're just trolling.
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AMD to Release New Moron Processor
Sunnyvale, CA - AMD revealed today it's new line of processors called the Moron. Jerry Sanders CEO of AMD said, "This is a proud day for AMD as we continue the success that started with the Athlon to the Duron and now the Moron. We wanted a name that signified that the processor had "More Power" than the Duron. Hence Moron."
He continued, "Our target market for the Moron is in servers running Windows 2000. A Moron and Windows 2000 are a perfect solution for any company planning to enter the e-commerce marketplace."
The AMD Moron processor is derived from the AMD Duron(TM) processor core and features full-speed, on-chip L2 cache memory, a 200MHz front side system bus, and enhanced 3DNow!(TM) technology.
Tim Allen has been tapped by AMD as the spokesman for the Moron processor. "I'm happy to be behind the Moron. I'm not sure exactly what it does, but Jerry tells me it has more power and I love more power, ARR, ARR, ARR!"
Tech analyst Ashok Minmar said, "The prototype Moron processor has impressive performance and exceeds Intel's Itanium and even their yet to be released Otassium processor in key benchmarks. However, I think it might be the worst product naming disaster since GM sent the Nova to Mexico."
The Moron chip is the first product from AMD's secretive Moron Design Team, and is the first chip from AMD to use the new copper process developed by IBM. AMD plans to start shipping the Moron processor in late August. AMD's stock was down on the news.
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Siggy, siggy, siggy, can't you see? Sometimes your puns just irritate me.