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Wat I lerned reeding MaximumPC recently: Sandy Bridge and USB 3.0 andWindows 7 Phone
I was reading back issues of MaximumPC (which are available free on
their website, maximumpc.com) and I learned that this year the new release of the "Sandy Bridge" architecture, which among other things rearranges the components of a microprocessor IC so they talk to one another faster, and integrates graphics onto the chip, is at least 10% and more like 50% faster for the same cores than the prior architecture. So an i7 on Sandy Bridge is about 50% faster than an i7 on a non-Sandy Bridge architecture. Supposedly it is a "tock" (major improvement) in the Intel "tick-tock" cycle, though to me 50% better rather than 100% better is only a "tick" (minor improvement), but I guess with Moore's Law compressing, 50% is the new 100% for ICs. Also in a shootout between eSata and USB 3.0, though eSata is more 'compatible', a USB 3.0 Mobo with USB 3.0 properly enabled should give you slightly better performance. Finally, in the January issue, Windows 7 for the mobile phone was actually (much to my surprise) rated better than Android. Among other things, it has a cleaner interface, though the number of apps is limited. Reed for yourself online. RL |
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