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Intel 45nm Processors Waiting to Clobber AMD's Barcelona?
DKC writes "Tech ARP's anonymous source claims that Intel is merely waiting for AMD to release their Barcelona processors before they clobber them with their 45nm die-shrinked processors. In fact, Intel is already producing these 45nm processors at one of their fabs in Arizona. AMD and Intel are in for a long and tough battle ahead. Should be an interesting one though."
If intel has the fastest and lowest power consumption now, and AMD is not a threat, so why release a faster CPU, intel can still make lots of money selling the old. When AMD releases their new CPU, intel has a response ready, meaning intel will make more money.
Because that is the actions of a monopoly. When you stop innovating (or stop releasing) new products because of a lack of competition, then you've become a monopoly.
Of course, making money is not a bad thing, but Intel is a technology company. They can improve technology and still make money. They are not mutually exclusive. Unfortunately, Intel will not improve the tech until not doing so will hurt their bottom line. That's what pisses me off about it. They are intentionally limiting what we can purchase.
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No. And that is precisely what is wrong with current multicore CPUs and the way the industry looks at parallelism in general. The truth is, parallel algorithm is an oxymoron. It is explained further here: Why Threads and Current Multicore CPUs Are Evil.