Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- "Andrew P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 1/10/06, Marc G. Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm going to assume that Dual Core is better > > (can't believe that they took > > > a step back) ... but, is how does it rate? I > > know that HyperThreading is > > > definitely != Dual CPU ... but how close does > > Dual Core get? > > > > There is extensive evidence (google for that, > > please), that > > HT is even slower than a single core in quite a > > few applications. > > Moreover, the whole HT implementation has been > > shown to > > be a security risk. In the near future intel is > > going to spend $1.9bn > > on its new marketing campaign. If you wanna be > > part of it, > > buy their CPU, half of the money will be in > > your nearest billboard. > > > > Dual-core is a new, and a very smart concept, > > which is exactly > > equal to a dual-cpu configuration in terms of > > performance per > > core - plus it provides a huge cut down on > > power consumption, > > and a theoretically hugely faster > > interconnection between the > > cores (they are physically many times closer). > > Thats not entirely true, as its not *exactly* the > same. It looks the same to an O/S, but things are > wire differently, so there are likely to be some > differences. > > > > > By 2010 we'll see 4-core, 8-core and maybe even > > 16/32 solutions. > > Intel has implied that they will have > multi-multicore processors (more then 2) a lot > sooner than you think. But for now the multicore > thing is just marketing hype because most O/Ses > don't utilize DP efficiently enough to make the > gains worthwhile. You'll likely see more urgency > to produce them when OS'es can actually benefit > from them. Most people today who use DP system > just "assume" they are faster or better without > having any real clue if they are or not. > > DT > Dell has a graphic display of the difference between its processors available at:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/dimen/topics/en/dimen_xps600_sp_specs?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Click on "Tech Specs" to view it. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
