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Research Reveals Mislaid Microprocessor Megahertz

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the are-we-there-yet dept.

SlashRating© 6*10^23 slashdottit! tm ransom1982 noted a new article on The Register that says "Not only are chip companies regularly releasing ever-faster microprocessors, but new research has revealed that modern CPUs actually lose megahertz over time." This makes it even more complicated to compare the performance of Intel and AMD CPUs since you have differing architecture, clockspeeds AND the year of manufacture to consider. Buyer beware!

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  1. The sad thing is... by Khaed · · Score: 4, Funny

    This one wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be true, because sometimes I certainly feel like my processor is degrading...

    1. Re:The sad thing is... by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny
      You computer guys are all alike. No balls. We car guys don't whine about our wheels going slower, we just get out the drill and polish and start working. The trick is to take weight off the vehicle by drilling out any unnecessary metal. That's called "adding lightness".

      Even geeky guys can do this. And you don't need a real drill, just a dremel tool. Just start drilling holes in those IC's, you soon see the flames roar out! Smoke! Speed!

      Works like a charm. Even works for Windows.

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    2. Re:The sad thing is... by Smidge204 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, they just don't build 'em like they used to. I remember when I got my first Pentium system back in the late 1990s, the cache pipeline burst and I spent that whole evening picking bits out of the carpet.

      =Smidge=

  2. Is this another April fool's story? by andy314159pi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm too dumb to figure out if this is an April fools joke or not.

  3. El Reg at the weekend? by jd3nn1s · · Score: 4, Funny

    To me the giveaway was El Reg posting new articles at the weekend :)

  4. Now it is my turn by houghi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I should be modded insightful for no reason.

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    1. Re:Now it is my turn by uchihalush · · Score: 5, Interesting

      What about me?

      How about Interesting?

  5. Hey it works! by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 4, Funny
    I thought parent was posting bullshit, but though what the heck let's try this.... except I didn't want to screw up hardware so I thought I'd take a stab at lightening Windows. I went into the Windows directory and truncated a few DLLs to make them lighter.

    Well who would have expected it... Windows BSODs much faster than it used to!

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    Engineering is the art of compromise.