Intel Plans CPU Naming Change

Jemm writes "According to The Globe and Mail, Intel will start using performance numbers rather than clock speed to number their chips. 'Under the model number system, processors will be given numbers to describe their performance, in addition to being described as running at 2GHz or other speed.'"

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Stupid mods

[Operating Thetan]

Why the hell is this flamebait? It's a valid point that Intel's reliance on clockspeed, with no mention of instructions per cycle is effectively a form of lying.

Looks like someone gonna hafta do a little query

[ChopsMIDI]

delete from posts where subject like '%GNAA%';