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AMD Going Dual-Core In 2005

Posted by timothy on from the dual-dilithium-cores dept.

gr8_phk writes "We recently learned of Intel's plans to go dual-core in late 2005. Well it seems AMD has decided to follow suit. It should be noted that the K8 architecture has had this designed in from the start. Will this be socket 939 or should I try to hold out another year to buy?"

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  1. Why not quad core? by leonbrooks · · Score: 3, Funny

    If more is better, why not proliferate cores like crazy?

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    1. Re:Why not quad core? by Haydn+Fenton · · Score: 5, Funny

      2's company, 3's a crowd, and 4 is for the fat cats who wipe their ass with 50 dollar bills.

    2. Re:Why not quad core? by k4_pacific · · Score: 4, Funny

      This could ultimately lead to a reformulation of Moore's Law. Thus, I propose k4_pacific's hypothesis:

      The number of processor cores doubles every eighteen months.

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  2. Demise of processors predicted! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    As the number of pins continues to increase the mass does also, at some point processors will achieve such a large mass they will collapse in upon themselves.

    actually it'll probably be more like the processors gets so big that you just clip things onto the outside of it and it takes the place of the motherboard.

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    1. Re:Demise of processors predicted! by ocelotbob · · Score: 5, Funny

      The New AMD Blackholeteron processor! It really sucks!

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  3. What AMD is really doing by bugnuts · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're making the first Desktop Fusion Unit!

  4. A year? by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Will this be socket 939 or should I try to hold out another year to buy?"

    You're planning on waiting more than a full year between computer upgrades? Are you sure you're on the right website?
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  5. What we really need... by rewt66 · · Score: 4, Funny

    is dilithium cores!

  6. This really sucks. by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I'll have to pay SCO $1,149 instead of $699.

    Yeah, right

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  7. Damnit, they had to come out with this by foidulus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just when I thought I had saved up enough money between upgrades to splurge on those fancy ramen noodles, you know, the one with the dried peas, this comes along.
    Hey, Wal-Mart brand noodles are only 8 cents!

  8. Longhorn by colonslashslash · · Score: 5, Funny
    "We recently learned of Intel's plans to go dual-core in late 2005. Well it seems AMD has decided to follow suit."

    Its amusing to watch the chip manufacturers scramble desperately to meet the recommend specifications for Longhorn in time.

    Oh, c'mon don't look at me like that. A slashdot story without some kind of Microsoft snipe just wouldn't be the same now, would it?

    Alright, fine. I'll pick on SCO or AdTi next time. Sheesh. /me crawls back under his rock

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  9. Re:Just get... by JWSmythe · · Score: 3, Funny


    We've had an internal joke in the office for years, that our in-house distribution should be named "Pornix". We think if it sold at $40, and included a one month membership to a couple of our adult sites, we'd make a fortune. :)

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  10. Re:AMD K9 barks up the wrong branch (prediction)? by ebrandsberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they waited for K9, then they wouldn't have any bark left in their bite. You have to throw them a bone for putting Intel in the dog house.