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Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb

Posted by Soulskill on from the also-hates-eight-cylinder-engines-and-eight-year-olds dept.

itwbennett writes "Following rival MediaTek's announcement of plans to release an eight-core processor in the fourth quarter, Qualcomm has declared eight-core processors 'dumb'. 'You can't take eight lawnmower engines, put them together and now claim you have an eight-cylinder Ferrari. It just doesn't make sense,' Qualcomm's senior vice president Anand Chandrasekher said, according to a transcript of his comments to Taiwan media provided on Friday. Asked whether Qualcomm would one day launch its own octa-core processor, Chandrasekher said, 'We don't do dumb things.'"

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  1. Re:The Onion said it best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sir, you are incorrect and a fucking idiot. Good day.

  2. Re:The Onion said it best by ultrasawblade · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yeah, with that super slow CPU driven bit-banged 3-wire bus connecting them and the 4K of RAM in the 1541 you could parallelize like it was 1899.