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Quad core, 16 cores...
AMD will soon release a quad core processor with scaling possible up
to 16 cores, conceivably you might reason dual processor motherboards, so effectively 32 cores some day. What will they develop AFTER 32 core systems? |
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On 28 Jan 2007 20:25:27 -0800, wrote:
AMD will soon release a quad core processor with scaling possible up to 16 cores, conceivably you might reason dual processor motherboards, so effectively 32 cores some day. What will they develop AFTER 32 core systems? Applications that can use 4 cores instead of 2. |
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On Jan 28, 8:25 pm, wrote: AMD will soon release a quad core processor with scaling possible up to 16 cores, conceivably you might reason dual processor motherboards, so effectively 32 cores some day. What will they develop AFTER 32 core systems? You really want to know? http://news.com.com/Intel+pledges+80...in+five+years/ 2100-1006_3-6119618.html Clock speeds have hit a plateau, so they came out with the dual cores and more efficient architecture, to do more WITH those clock cycles. At some point they'll hit the limit of what they can do with silicon, BUT there are better semiconductors out there. Ram is a big part of the performance game too. DDr2 is the latest and greatest on PC ram for now, but it's theoretically to have QDR (QUAD DATA RATE) ram at some time in the future. It already exists for cache. |
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I'm betting that for home use, the number of cores will not be more than 8,
unless games or AI can become so complex that they will use that many. Actually, I'm betting 4 core cpu's will be the standard for a while. A long while. -- Love and Teach, Not Yell and Beat Stop Violence and Child Abuse. No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents. It is violent/abusive/neglectful parents that churn out the serial killers/murderers/child molesters etc. A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939,AIW 9800 Pro 128mb MSI 550 Pro, X-Fi, Pioneer 110D, 111D Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire,2 Gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5 2XSATA 320gb Raid Edition, PATA 120Gb XP MCE2005, 19in Viewsonic,BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074 Games I'm Playing- NFS: Most Wanted, Civ 4 |
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On Jan 28, 9:22 pm, kony wrote:
On 28 Jan 2007 20:25:27 -0800, wrote: AMD will soon release a quad core processor with scaling possible up to 16 cores, conceivably you might reason dual processor motherboards, so effectively 32 cores some day. What will they develop AFTER 32 core systems? Applications that can use 4 cores instead of 2. I meant in terms of hardware. Thank you for the 80-core article, I await the release of that system. Hopefully power requirements will not increase proportionally. They probably won't stop with 8 cores, they will not cease finding something faster or better to market. Unfortunately this means bigger programs that require more processing power. I would like to see simpler/smaller programs that don't take up as much memory and get the job done as well as their larger counterparts. What is the likelihood of moving storage of data away from hard disks entirely and to very fast solid state memory? I imagine this has the possibility of making boot times faster as well as loading programs. I wouldn't normally think of it but in recent years solid state storage has dropped in price so much, now they must only make it faster than standard hdds. |
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On Jan 30, 7:02 pm, wrote:
On Jan 28, 9:22 pm, kony wrote: On 28 Jan 2007 20:25:27 -0800, wrote: AMD will soon release a quad core processor with scaling possible up to 16 cores, conceivably you might reason dual processor motherboards, so effectively 32 cores some day. What will they develop AFTER 32 core systems? Applications that can use 4 cores instead of 2. I meant in terms of hardware. Thank you for the 80-core article, I await the release of that system. Hopefully power requirements will not increase proportionally. They probably won't stop with 8 cores, they will not cease finding something faster or better to market. Unfortunately this means bigger programs that require more processing power. I would like to see simpler/smaller programs that don't take up as much memory and get the job done as well as their larger counterparts. What is the likelihood of moving storage of data away from hard disks entirely and to very fast solid state memory? Unless the cost per gigabyte, and the overall capacity is brought to something close to what a rotating hard disk is, it won't replace it. Most consumers aren't going to pay $600 or so for a 32GB solid state drive, when they can get several terabytes for that price. Not in the next 5 years anyway. I don't want to predict beyond then. I imagine this has the possibility of making boot times faster as well as loading programs. I wouldn't normally think of it but in recent years solid state storage has dropped in price so much, now they must only make it faster than standard hdds. |
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kony wrote:
On 30 Jan 2007 19:02:22 -0800, wrote: .... snip ... I would like to see simpler/smaller programs that don't take up as much memory and get the job done as well as their larger counterparts. Then use them. This is not some future wish, situation, they exist right now. For example, don't use Vista, unless/until you have a specific need. Don't use Office 2007, for the same reason. Don't use Office 2003, for same, etc, etc. It's entirely up to you to choose the app that suits your needs, and determine what tradeoffs to make. Most people just make the lazy choice, not bothering to check application funcitonality and instead use something that is newer, or more featured, more popular, etc... putting less thought into choosing. For example, I have ne on my system. It is just under 32k. Dated June, 1986. Works fine. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net |
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Quad core, 16 cores...
I would like to see simpler/smaller programs that don't take
up as much memory and get the job done as well as their larger counterparts. Then use them. This is not some future wish, situation, they exist right now. For example, don't use Vista, unless/until you have a specific need. Don't use Office 2007, for the same reason. Don't use Office 2003, for same, etc, etc. It's entirely up to you to choose the app that suits your needs, and determine what tradeoffs to make. Most people just make the lazy choice, not bothering to check application funcitonality and instead use something that is newer, or more featured, more popular, etc... putting less thought into choosing. Here here! My sentiments exactly.. I still run windows 2000 because it's the most comfortable and practical for me.. I would lose more than I would gain from upgrading to XP or Vista.. People are just ill-informed.. they want it because it's new and because everyone else has it.. if everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you follow ? Regards, Chris |
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