And by the way, I've always found HotHardware to be a reliable source... they were simply posing a question about whether current multi-threaded applications will scale well over an uneven number of cores, which they should theoretically.
Why on earth do people like you get so riled up over this stuff, especially when you are some completely uninformed.
This is definitely AMD's way of making use of their quad-core yield loss, which is part of any manufacturing process. In fact, it's a very good efficient use of possible reject material that can now be sold as triple-core, something that Intel can't do so easily with their 2+2 quad core architecture. Now, the question is will the new triple core take off and can it be sold competitively versus dual-cores from Intel. If it fills a price/performance gap and is accepted in the mainstream, AMD will have a made a very good move by offering this to the market. Hopefully it won't just muddy the waters on them.
Be certain though, you are VERY wrong when you say this is a new Phenom architecture. It's not, it's a quad-core under the hood that has been marked as a triple core and either bonded out that way or a fuse is blown to disable that forth core... likely the latter.
No killmo, YOU seemingly missed the significance of the launch and announcement. This is AMD's way of making use of quad-core manufacturing fallout, which is a VERY good competitive advantage if they can price them competitive with Intel dual-core offerings. THAT's the significance. If a chip doesn't bin as a quad core-due to defect density per wafer, which is a standard issue for any semiconductor process, it can still be used and sold as a triple-core. Also, with AMD's HT serial links, those three cores should run quite efficiently without the 4th core operational.
I just love the emotional outburst like this one... please relax and think about what you're saying first.
No, you simply do not know what you are talking about. It is a Phenom but it's definitely a quad-core CPU that has been binned as a triple-core. Please get informed. This is a very good cost-efficient way for AMD to make use of their manufacturing fallout from quad-cores. Intel can't do this as easily with their quad-core, shared FSB architecture.
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And by the way, I've always found HotHardware to be a reliable source... they were simply posing a question about whether current multi-threaded applications will scale well over an uneven number of cores, which they should theoretically.
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Why on earth do people like you get so riled up over this stuff, especially when you are some completely uninformed.
This is definitely AMD's way of making use of their quad-core yield loss, which is part of any manufacturing process. In fact, it's a very good efficient use of possible reject material that can now be sold as triple-core, something that Intel can't do so easily with their 2+2 quad core architecture. Now, the question is will the new triple core take off and can it be sold competitively versus dual-cores from Intel. If it fills a price/performance gap and is accepted in the mainstream, AMD will have a made a very good move by offering this to the market. Hopefully it won't just muddy the waters on them.
Be certain though, you are VERY wrong when you say this is a new Phenom architecture. It's not, it's a quad-core under the hood that has been marked as a triple core and either bonded out that way or a fuse is blown to disable that forth core... likely the latter.
So, in short, pipe-down son... pipe-down.
No killmo, YOU seemingly missed the significance of the launch and announcement. This is AMD's way of making use of quad-core manufacturing fallout, which is a VERY good competitive advantage if they can price them competitive with Intel dual-core offerings. THAT's the significance. If a chip doesn't bin as a quad core-due to defect density per wafer, which is a standard issue for any semiconductor process, it can still be used and sold as a triple-core. Also, with AMD's HT serial links, those three cores should run quite efficiently without the 4th core operational.
I just love the emotional outburst like this one... please relax and think about what you're saying first.
No, you simply do not know what you are talking about. It is a Phenom but it's definitely a quad-core CPU that has been binned as a triple-core. Please get informed. This is a very good cost-efficient way for AMD to make use of their manufacturing fallout from quad-cores. Intel can't do this as easily with their quad-core, shared FSB architecture.
So, it's not a lie, you're just clueless.