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Basics of Modern Intel CPUs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Doggie Fizzle writes "For those who think you can drop a Xeon into your Celeron system for an upgrade... 'Although there are currently only two main players in the CPU market, AMD and Intel, the number of choices is still enough to make the typical consumer's head spin. Each manufacturer has a few different models to promote, and many of these models can be found in a few different form factors (namely, the "sockets" to which they connect) that exclude interchangeability. This two-part series of Tech Tips will look at a few details of each of the currently-supported CPU (Central Processing Unit) sockets and how they are all similar and different from one to another' "

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  1. Finally. by Xzzy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank god someone finally explained what the acronym "CPU" meant, I've been wondering about that for years, quietly bobbing my head like I know what's going on anytime someone mentions it.

    And I owe it all to Slashdot.

    1. Re:Finally. by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 2, Funny

      Me too. Now that that's taken care I continue researching FPU and GPU. I think that there might be a connection between them, but so far its still up in the air- like my work in figuring out APU...

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    2. Re:Finally. by peragrin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just wait till you get to FPGA's.

      Just before you do tape it I want to watch your head spin up and explode. :-)

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    3. Re:Finally. by MyLongNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

      FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array

      And I always thought it was the more politically correct version of the LPGA. Go figure.

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  2. Surely... by simonew · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...the kind of people that visit this site know the difference their 478s and their 939s?

    1. Re:Surely... by saderax · · Score: 5, Funny

      My keen intuition informs me that the difference is precisely 461.

  3. Re:WOW!!! by MyLongNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, this article was definitely beneath your level of understanding. However, I am sure there are others (like me) who aren't up on hardware like you. However, please don't disparage us.

    At some point Cmdr Taco will put up an article about personal grooming. I promise not to make fun of it when the article introduces you to 'Shampoo' and 'Deoderant'.

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  4. Two is too many! by SeaFox · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Although there are currently only two main players in the CPU market, AMD and Intel, the number of choices is still enough to make the typical consumer's head spin."

    Maybe this is why there's a near monolopy in operating systems, it's a good thing. Giving customers an actual choice seems to be enough to make their heads spin.

  5. Re:WOW!!! by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're going to insult somebody, at least learn how to spell 'Deodorant'. Moron.

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  6. Re:Confusion by DeadChobi · · Score: 2, Funny

    VESA. You forgot VESA.

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  7. sorry, I couldn't resist! by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "On a day-to-day basis I run in to four kinds of CPUs:
    1. x86 (typing this on one),
    2. UltraSPARC (most of the boxes at work, plus an Ultra 5 I bought on EBay to play with),
    3. ARM (my Palm - one of the new ones),
    4. Power PC (stuff at work)
    5. and several 68k derivatives (various boxes at work from little to seriously studly)
    ."


    NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQISITION!!!!!

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  8. Re:Interesting analogy by Moonchen · · Score: 2, Funny

    This analogy becomes even more appropriate if you include the explaination of "increasing the bus speed".