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AMD Going Dual-Core In 2005
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?"
Dual cores are awesome for phones because it relieves the OEM from having to license a second radio chip to handle the radio. It also makes the phone smaller, so that asian girls can handle the phones with their small hands.
I don't see the benefit of sticking a radio in the CPU of a PC. Expansion slots are cheaper and more reliable than second-core radios. Better to go with something that can be easily swapped out in the case of failure than having to replace the entire CPU.
Is this the end of moores law, at least in the form of CPU speeds doubling every 18 months? :)
There are essentially two CPUs, I doubt each of them will get 2x faster the next 1.5 years
I am an Apple lover, but the G5 is going to start feeling some pressure from the dual core chips. I wonder if the rumor of Apple possibly switching to an Intel Processor could becoming more and more valid every day.
:).
I'll still take a G5 notebook within the next year
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Thanks,
Aj
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*Yawn*
6 is the right number, it divides up so easilly. 6*1, 3*2, 2*3, or any combination.
3 is just ugly.
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So in essence we end up with systems that crash harder and faster, much like Steve Austin did in that 70s Series, The Six Million Dollar Man. How about coders get their overall quality of code production up before we hand them MORE computing horsepower to waste and continue to perpetuate the insane computational power increase while all the while not really addressing the CORE issues around a solid stable code base. Once again, Linux and the BSDs will leap ahead of Windows thanks to their more stable code base and we'll see the distance stretched between Mainstream and the techies.
Overall, this will just mean users will see the blue screen and crashes all that much faster.
As a friend of mine said a few nights ago when he fired up his new PC with WindowsXP. Why isn't this working better, they've had 3 years to fix this??? Why fix it when people keep paying for your crap?
Just a thought and maybe slightly off-topic.
Scientia et Potentia
how could you yawn at that!! i'm sitting here in the office laughing!! a classic post, and not one I had noticed before :)
:)
parent poster.... please keep them coming!!