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Analyst Doubts Intel's Dual-Core Demo
bakeacake writes "At Xbitlabs they have a article on the possibility that Intel's Dual core Preview at the IDF was not real. Would Intel sink this low?
"An analyst expressed doubts about demonstration of a 'real' dual-core microprocessor during an Intel's recent demonstration at Intel Developer Forum Fall 2004 in San Francisco, California. Insight's Nathan Brookwood believes that Intel was most likely to showcase a dual-processor system instead of a dual-core processor-based system during the show.""
This article is pure speculation. Yeah, well I doubt the reporter was at the show... I mean, he *could* just be saying he was there.
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At last week's Developer Forum, Intel demonstrated how its Digital Office vision might enable three workers in different locations to collaborate to solve a complicated problem. One of the workers ("Jason") had to juggle several compute-intensive tasks on his system, but the work flowed easily without the sorts of fits and starts that would plague many contemporary systems.
Ah, a flawless network connection! Proof!
pay attention to the man behind the curtain.
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Technically it's still Summer for a few more days. ;-)
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Dan Rather has uncovered 8th-generation photocopies of some internal Intel memos confirming that the actual dual-core processor was AWOL during the Devloper Forum.
unlike MSFT which likes to do exactly the opposite
Bill Gates dies in a car accident. He finds himself in purgatory, being sized up by St. Peter. "Well, Bill, I`m really confused on this call; I`m not sure whether to send you to Heaven or Hell. After all, you enormously helped society by putting a computer in almost every home, yet you also created that ghastly Windows `95. I`m going to do something I`ve never done before in your case; I`m going to let you decide where you want to go." Bill replied, "well, what`s the difference between the two?" St. Peter said, "I`m willing to let you visit both places briefly, if it will help your decision." "Fine, but where should I go first?" "I`ll leave that up to you." "Okay then," said Bill, "Let`s try Hell first." So Bill went to Hell. It was a beautiful, clean, sandy beach with clear waters and lots of bikini-clad women running around, playing in the water, laughing and frolicking about. The sun was shining; the temperature perfect. He was very pleased. "This is great!" he told St. Peter. "If this is hell, I really want to see heaven!" "Fine," said St. Peter, and off they went. Heaven was a place high in the clouds, with angels drifting about, playing harps and singing. It was nice, but not as enticing as Hell.
Bill thought for a quick minute, and rendered his decision. "Hmmm. I think I`d prefer Hell," he told St. Peter. "Fine," retorted St. Peter, "as you desire." So Bill Gates went to Hell. Two weeks later, St. Peter decided to check on the late billionaire to see how he was doing in Hell. When he got there, he found Bill, shackled to a wall, screaming amongst hot flames in dark caves, being burned and tortured by demons. "How`s everything going?" he asked Bill. Bill responded, with his voice filled with anguish and disappointment, "this is awful! This is nothing like the Hell I visited two weeks ago! I can`t believe this is happening! What happened to that other place, with the beautiful beaches, the scantily-clad women playing in the water?!??? "That was a demo," replied St. Peter.
IBM has been building dual-core processors for some time now. They just haven't been going into boxes that can be picked up by one person without a forklift.
I recall a demo of the Nintendo 64 that had an SGI reality engine system under the table.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Must I remind you of the first rule of /.? You *never* RTFA.
Is that like getting head from two guys at once?
I see now reference on the article which part the world they are using as reference. It might as well my on the southern, where summer begins at December 22th (or close to that).
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It is all a matter of reference
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is indistinguishable from a rigged demo. Apologies to Asimov.
That was actually typed using a 1974 IBM Correcting Selectric II typewriter on loan from CBS.
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Yeah, but the Intel guy made a coy smile! I mean come on, if that's not proof, then what is?!
If it was anything like my Cyrix-base laptop, the "numbers" were probably more of disclaimer than a sales point.
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I used to work at what is now a major telecomm company ( hint: now owned by a French telecomm giant ).
We were at a show once pitching a new router that simply Did Not Work. To make matters worse, the case for our engineering sample was damaged just before the show.
Truth: We got a block of wood. Painted in black. Attached some LED's with wires on it that blinked randomly. Put it inside a rack with a smoked glass door.
"Demoed" the crap out of it for 16 hours over three days. I had new respect for the ability of our sales people to talk bullshit for so long without opening that freaking rack door.
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