Intel has already launched its first desktop 45nm 'Penryn' processor, the Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and has begun seeding next year's QX9770 - reviewed here. And now we know what it's planning for laptops.
While these desktop CPUs are quad-core parts, the mobiles will be dual-core chips, DailyTech reports. They'll debut on 6 January …
3 Ghz chips have been around for years now. I guess there must be major obstacles to getting 4+ Ghz.
So as to keep Moore's law, Intel and AMD are moving sideways and adding more cores, this is good, but faster cores would be better. The multi-tasking is improved but if you have a decent scheduler (aka Linux or mac(bastardised unix) ) then this isn't a problem.
How many people know how to write multi-threaded programs? It's difficult even within a good framework. Many software vendors are going to have to redesign the internals of their programs if they want to keep up.
Moore's law stays for now....but I bet most vendors would rather faster single cores.
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Intel has already launched its first desktop 45nm 'Penryn' processor, the Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and has begun seeding next year's QX9770 - reviewed here. And now we know what it's planning for laptops. While these desktop CPUs are quad-core parts, the mobiles will be dual-core chips, DailyTech reports. They'll debut on 6 January …
Moore's law moves sideways
3 Ghz chips have been around for years now. I guess there must be major obstacles to getting 4+ Ghz.
So as to keep Moore's law, Intel and AMD are moving sideways and adding more cores, this is good, but faster cores would be better. The multi-tasking is improved but if you have a decent scheduler (aka Linux or mac(bastardised unix) ) then this isn't a problem.
How many people know how to write multi-threaded programs? It's difficult even within a good framework. Many software vendors are going to have to redesign the internals of their programs if they want to keep up.
Moore's law stays for now....but I bet most vendors would rather faster single cores.
RE : Moore's law moves sideways
How come you say Mac OS is a bastardized UNIX ? As of Leopard, Mac OS /is/ a bona fide UNIX variant !
http://www.opengroup.org/comm/press/19-2-nov07.htm
RE : Moore's law moves sideways
As far as I understand Moores Law predicts the cost of components (transistors) on an IC not the clock frequency or anything else.
So...
My Santa Rosa Clevo M570RU would gladly accept a T9500 to replace his T7300, right?