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Intel and AMD's 2005 Plans Revealed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the smaller-faster-cooler-or-maybe-not dept.

Takemedown writes "There's a good article on CTZ that talks about Intel and AMD's plans. Intel, continuing on their 18-month chipset refresh rate, will introduce their Glenwood and Lakeport chipsets for the Smithfield dual core desktop microprocessor in 2005. The chipsets will support SATA II, Matrix RAID and a higher system bus speed for the new Pentium 4 name holder. As far as Intel's dual core strategies are concerned, they will most likely bring their dual core additions by the very end of Q2 or Q3 this year, so for those waiting for these next generation chips are better off with a due upgrade. Secondly, if you are hoping for a noticeable performance gain in regular computing tasks are in for a disappointment. Dual core microprocessors are for those who like to do multitasking or work on multithreaded applications. For example, if you are gaming and burning a DVD at the same time, dual core chips will come in handy and will definitely give a smooth computing experience."

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  1. A Plea by teiresias · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A plea to both Intel and AMD. Please make a nonexpensive SILENT cooling system.

    Yeah fans are pretty good but let's be honest, they wear down and become noisy.

    Water cooling is great but I've already got one aquarium in my room.

    One core was bad. Two? Three? Twenty! Passive heat sinks, huge slabs of copper, whatever, just please, I can't hear myself think.

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    -Teiresias
  2. Overrated by Manan+Shah · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Processor power has been overrated for quite some time. A lot of people don't realize that other components, especially RAM matter just as much, if not more in most every day tasks than pure CPU power. If I had a choice between 2GHZ and 1GB ram, vs. a 4GHZ and 512mb ram, I would definatly recommend the former. So although this technology will help some people, most people should stay away from it if you are just doing day to day. Does grandma really need dual core processors for sending email and browsing the web anytime soon? Hell, a 500mhz and 256mb is more than enough for a lot of people to write documents and browse the web, but you will never see such a system on Dell website for $120 :).

  3. blech by grub · · Score: 4, Insightful


    ...computing experience

    When did using computers or the internet become an "experience"? They're tools, nothing more.

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    Trolling is a art,