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Dell Set to Introduce AMD's Triple-core Phenom CPU

Posted by Zonk on from the lots-of-balls-in-the-air dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AMD is set to launch what is considered its most important product against Intel's Core 2 Duo processors next week. TG Daily reports that the triple-core Phenoms — quad-core CPUs with one disabled core — will be launching on February 19. Oddly enough, the first company expected to announce systems with triple-core Phenoms will be Dell. Yes, that is the same company that was rumored to be dropping AMD just a few weeks ago. Now we are waiting for the hardware review sites to tell us whether three cores are actually better than two in real world applications and not just in marketing."

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  1. Licensing? by kermit1221 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, does one have to purchase 1.5 Vista licenses?

  2. Re:You know what would be even better? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    lol. Please get fatally hit by a crashing roflcopter so we don't have to listen to this kind of shit.
  3. Shick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Works for razors - 2 is better than 1, so 3 has got to be better than 2. I'm not switching from Intel until someone comes out with 5 - count 'em, 5! - micro sharp cores...

  4. Re:You know what would be even better? by omeomi · · Score: 5, Funny

    But when you think about it, there's a lot of times when a triple core will be "faster" than a quad core.

    Like modeling the behavior of triple-core computers, for instance...

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  5. The AMD Triple Track by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny
    The AMD Triple Track has three cores - one core to cut into the problem, a second to grab what is left before it can snap back into the cache, and a third core to finish it off. The AMD Triple Track, because you'll believe anything!

    [For those too young, the reference is the 1975 SNL parody about the Remco Triple Track Razor - done just after twin-bladed razors first appeared.]

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  6. Re:You know what would be even better? by ScriptedReplay · · Score: 4, Funny

    But when you think about it, there's a lot of times when a triple core will be "faster" than a quad core.


    Particularly, and gloriously so, when the quad-core system is not powered on.
  7. Give him a break by r_jensen11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many dual core chips are really four core chips with two failed cores? Do you know? Face it, it's just the number three which bugs you, and that's pretty childish... The number 3 pisses off a lot of people. I like/tend to attribute it to Mr. Owl's amazing ability to consume Tootsie Roll Pops.