Intel shows off first quad-core chip
By Evan Blass 
posted February 10th 2006 9:00PM
posted February 10th 2006 9:00PM
Just when we
were feeling a bit smug about our new dual-core lappies, along comes Intel to remind us that you're never on the
cutting edge for long. Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner recently demoed the company's upcoming Clovertown
quad-core processor, which will initially be seen in 2007 servers running two of the chips, for a total of eight cores
under the hood. Rattner says the Clovertown architecture is scalable to 32 or more cores on a single chip, which should
satiate our speed jones until quantum computers finally go mainstream. According to Rattner, chips with hundreds of
cores are theoretically possible with this technology, which means we'll probably be able to do some pretty serious
damage on timed games of Solitaire.
The trick is sticking with one O.S for years
or dable with linux. And not only that..
Theyll have to find another performance enhancement after so many cores because there are limmits to adding core dies and even more so physical cores. adding cores can only last for so long.
The mhz war had its limits, they had to stop the mhz war because chip heat was getting to be a major issue and was actually slowing chips down and pushing to a melting point.
They could switch to enhanced architecture changes, higher memory speeds changes, chipset enhancements, fsb bus and speed enhancements, fine tune their algorythms for specific enhancements and speed and with new chip names, actually they could even keeep the enhancement confidential and just boast speed percentage increases on a new chip and cancel an older chip systematicaly as new ones come out!
its hard for some sales companies to admit there are mechanical or electronic limits, because it hurts sales. sure the core 2 is a major improvement but it does not have to get much better for a long time.
4 thread home computing multi tasking is massive enough for a home user, people just dont need NASA grade, multi parallel processor computers to listen to music, watch porn, chat on MSN
and play a video game.
INSTEAD they should focus all their efforts in eliminating dead pixels from lcds in 2007 and give a confidence building
& no fuss 5 year warranty on em, instead of just hatching new ones constantly outta their buts with the same flaws yo. O_o
Mac vs. PC
I am soooo tired of seeing this comparison.
The above mentioned reference to versus this that and the other should read as such.
Mac = PC
Since Macs started using Intel processors and the like, they have have effectively been assimilated by the Borg, I mean into the same pile as PC Clones.
The real issue here is: WinX OS's vs. MacX OS's
Mac's are now the same as PC's, you can even swap the parts out piece for piece. Look at the new MacPro PC.
http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html
Its so goofy, i feel like taking a Mac sticker from a store slapping it on my PC Clone and calling it a Mac, hehehee. Anyways, I digress and its late and im tired, but I'll keep rambling.
The MAC: ITS A PC. No longer is the argument about CISC based and RISC based systems, because Apple lost its chip maker and switched to the Borg, I mean Clones, I mean Intel and AMD, ahem.
And for you graphics meisters who keep chirping about how your Mac(PC CLONE) can do processing of artwork faster than a PC, you are comparing yourself to yourself now. Its like saying a Mac is faster than a Mac or a PC is faster than a PC.
The Mac is now the equivalent of name branding in the likes of DELL, HP, COMPAQ and Gateway, except Mac is still for clone loving hipsters, who just have to be different and coolio, and far too good for the stuffy boardroom types. Well sorry charley tuna, your just another tuna now, but you had a great run at being a sucker fish... =)
Welcome to the dark side. Your training will be complete once you have coaxed your once good to do Mac OS into being completely Win compatible. Then your Journey into the Dark Side will be complete Obi Mac Kenobi.
And of course, once you become popular, above the 6% market share, people will actually start to write virii for your lovely OS, because darkness loves bugs and virii.
But of all things, why go with 2 Xeon processors for the Mac Pro, my God man! They are good but there are better! Newegg it!
What about that Cell thing. Not the bad J-Lo movie, but that thing in the Playstation, and this server?
http://www.mc.com/cell/products/index.cfm
Mercury Computer Systems
http://www.mc.com/cell/
To my knowledge you can bet one of these right now. I am just hoping Intel is just not Jacking something from someone better, and spending shitloads on marketing, as Uzual.
To my knowledge the Cell design was better than the transmeta angle, one may say an improvement. I would question how Intel stacks up against IBM, who have a stronger history in the nanoprocess.
However one needs different tools for different apps. For telcom, defense, imaging, science, and other crap you need a different tool than you would use for encoding a DVD, and running 32 bit software.
But as for quad core: Yee Haw (My 2 Cents times two)
Another great intel product with an anti-democraticprice that societys majority will never own.
Great! more of *our best of* bling from intel!
its because of this bling i dont upgrade
my pc, because its futile! they advertise their best cpu chip, make you want it, and then hatch out a hole bunch of inferior cpus! because hey,if u cant afford 1000$ for a great chip u deserve chopped liver! screw that! My say is Why waste money and time on purchasing the settle for less again cpu, when you can spend nothing on chronic obsolescence instead. Theres no life fulfilling need to upgrade a pc anyways! this constant need for speed runaround market is a dead horse!
This multi-core technology is like comparing a Porche to a Model T4. I'd play online gaming, chat with friends, and download new songs, all at the same time! U can do that with the single core, but why be late for a date, when u can pick flowers along the way?
THIS WILL BE VERY INTERESTING... INTEL vs. AMD, WOW, just like pacquiao and morales!!!:)