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Intel Delays Dual-Core Processor, Plans New Server Chip

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-step-forward-two-steps-back dept.

Kajakske writes "Intel said Thursday that it is pushing back the release of its first dual-core processor by a year to 2005 and adding a new microprocessor for servers to its Itanium II lineup. On the other hand, Intel is moving forward in the area of new technologies."

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  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is getting boring.

  2. FP for Phoenix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Tabbed browsing is teh r0x0rs. w00t

  3. Story I wrote while my IP was banned, Part 2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now, episode 2 of Calculator Man!!!

    We continue where science boy is just about to blow his henchmens calculator away...
    Science Boy: 5....4....3....2....1....BANG (And he pulls the trigger. The bullet shatters the LCD, and pieces of glass go flying everywhere.)
    Evil Henchman 1: Ow, Ouch, C'mon stop, I didn't mean it. Honest. Nooooo. My Baby! (Runs up to the smoking carcass of the Ti-85, tears streaming down his face.) No, I won't leave you.
    Ti-85: (Beep) YOU MUST GO ON...PROMISE ME YOU WILL SURVIVE TO PLAY MORE CALCULATOR GAMES
    Evil Henchman 1: Please, just run one more program.
    Ti-85: SIMON5.0 123 437 298 20....
    Evil Henchman 1: I won't stop playing Simon5.0, Ti-85. I promise you, I won't stop. (Breaks down in hysterical crying.)
    Girlfriend: He was a bum anyway. (Seductive voice) So, Science Boy, doing anything tonight?
    Science Boy: (Puzzled look on his face) Uhh, yeah. I'm recalibrating the independent pulse LED for the CD scanner.
    Girlfriend: Let's go out.
    Science Boy: (His face brightens) Okay, sure. I need to get a new set of 555 IC chips from Radio Shack.
    Girlfriend: I meant the movies, or to a concert.
    Science Boy: They sell IC chips at the movies?
    Girlfriend: You men are impossible. (Turns to leave.)
    Science Boy: (Shouts after her) Who said we were men?
    Girlfriend: You certainly are not!
    Science Boy: Hey you take that back. Well, your brain and your heart are the only known stable Bose-Einstien condensates. A MRI of your brain would display simple harmonic motion. If maneuverability were intelligence, you would be a SR-71 Blackbird at Mach 3.5.
    Girlfriend: Talk to the hand, cause, like, the face don't understand.

    Science Boy: Now look what you made me do. I've run out of time/space to explain my devious plan. Yes. I'm lying through my text. Actually, the author of this stupid play still hasn't been able to come up with a decent storyline, so I'm stalling here. You wanna do a research project on how an author's work impacted his life, here is a perfect subject. Okay, I'm done stalling. Now to implement my devious plan...I'm still stalling...Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. (Evil scientist type of laugh)
    Evil Henchman 2: Here you are, Science Boy. I brought you another graphing calculator, just like you wanted.
    Science Boy: What is this? What is this? You idiot. This is a Casio here. I wanted a graphing calculator so I could cannibalize the RAM chips from it. You brought me a lousy piece of junk graphing calculator which only has 4K RAM. What am I going to do with 4K?
    Evil Henchmen 2: Uhh, play Tetris?
    Science Boy: Well....NO. Go get me something with a lot of RAM. And fast, or else your Ti is next.
    Evil Henchmen 2: Yes sir, ner..I mean Boss sir.
    Science Boy: (In a whiny voice) I told all of you to stop calling me that.
    A little while later....
    Evil Henchmen 2: Here you go sir. You wanted RAM, I got you a whole computer full of RAM. 64 megabytes worth of RAM for you, sir.
    Science Boy: (Look of despair on his face) Noooo. You idiot. Computer RAM is EDO RAM. It is active matrix current induced temporary storage. Plus, it has a 200 ns access time. What I need is calculator RAM, SMD technology with trickle flow capacitors, current altered storage banks, and less than 120 ns access time.
    Evil Henchmen 2: Sorry sir.
    Science Boy: That is the last mistake you make. Your Ti-86 is gone.
    Evil Henchmen 2: Nooooo, not the 86. Please, don't destroy my baby...
    Science Boy: I'm not destroying him, I'm scavenging the 128K RAM chip from it as a part of my master plan.
    Evil Henchmen 2: Oh, I am honored sir. To have RAM from my calculator be a part of your master plan, It is truly an honor. What will become of it?
    Science Boy:
    And now: MY MASTER PLAN Ha Ha Ha
    Phase 1: Construct the ultimate calculator
    Phase 2: Write the ultimate program
    Phase 3: Create life! (Sinister glow in eyes)
    Evil Henchmen 2: But, how will creating life get you out of a lab partner.
    Science Boy: By claiming my calculator to be alive, it shall be my lab partner, and I will never have to work with another man again.

    To be continured...