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Intel Core 2 'Penryn' and Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the two-great-tastes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux Hardware has posted a look at the new Intel "Penryn" processor and how the new processor will work with Linux. Intel recently released the new "Penryn" Core 2 processor with many new features. So what are these features and how will they equate into benefits to Linux users? The article covers all the high points of the new "Penryn" core and talks to a couple Linux projects about end-user performance of the chip."

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  1. Re:Penguin by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    You, and a certain "ronery" fellow in North Korea.

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  2. Re:If video encoding/decoding is the bottleneck... by pleappleappleap · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hardware decoding on hardware is already a reality, and has been for some time.

    As opposed to hardware decoding on software?

    Or redundant redundancies of redundancy?