You got it: 6 + 6 + 6
Posted on 02/23/2008 7:58:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Intel Corp. may release six-core microprocessors as early as in the second half of this year, according to a number of media reports. However, if those claims are correct, then it may mean not only another powerful central processing unit for Intel and a threat to chips from Advanced Micro Devices, but also a further delay in unification of Intel Itanium and Intel Xeon platforms. Intel needs a chip to update its multi-processor (MP) enterprise server platform this year as no Nehalem-based microprocessor for the MP market segment is planned for 2008... However, it seems like unified Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) platform that supports both Intel Itanium and Intel Xeon processors is not due in 2008, at least, based on reports about the processor code-named Dunnington... Different web-sites report different details about the new product: some claim that Intel Xeon MP "Dunnington" is a chip with three dual-core dice on a single-piece of substrate, whereas some other indicate that the forthcoming code-named Dunnington CPU is a monolith six-core product with 16MB of unified L2 cache.
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Intel to tell all about roaring 96GB/s QuickPath interconnect
The Register | 30 January 2008 | Ashlee Vance
Posted on 01/30/2008 1:13:16 PM EST by ShadowAce
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Tech Ping?
I'm nursing a 6 year old P4 1GB XP Pro system that I gotta upgrade so that CS3 will finish processing before I go to bed.
Is this new stuff just for the server market and I can go ahead and snag some dual core thingy to keep me happy for the next five years?
We need what 16 cores and a terrabyte of memory to make voice recognition like the phone company has? I want a word processor I can dictate to without having to train it. When will it be in the consumer realm?
...emptied, steamed, flavoured with sesame seeds, whipped into a fondue, and garnished with lark's vomit.
Servers and true high-end workstations will use this.
The consumer space will eventually move to 4-core units - i.e., Core 2 Quads.
Even the telco voice recognition isn’t actually all that great. It’s looking to match only a limited set of commands, so it’s really good at matching.
Hire a secretary. :’)
Maybe one of the Linux parallel computing people will read that and help you out. :’)
“The box should bear a large red label, ‘Warning! Lark’s Vomit!’”
6 core
Translation??...
Always favored the Spring Surprise myself!
Eventually? Consumer quad-core CPUs have been out for quite some time now. The top one right now is the QX9650.
It will be everywhere of course, but you should root for continual development and more cores because it will make current tech and consumer end computing faster.
Secondly, multi-core is still in its infant stage, and I think major developments will shift in both software and hardware to take advantage of it. Right now, and probably for the next 5 years, a fast dual-core system with more than 2GB of memory will be the best option.
Google has set up a free 411 service, GOOG-411, to gather voice samples to improve voice recognition software. It will be interesting to watch where it goes....
Mainly it means that current technology is 10 to 15 years behind where it would be if a decent computer architecture and operating system other than the Intel/Microsoft combination had become the global standard. Other architectures (MIPs, SPARC) were close to this point that many years ago and Unix/Linux would have greatly improved the ability of software developers to make use of the architecture.
They always want money.
6 cores is really just for servers at this time.
A basic 2 core, core 2 duo system should be more than sufficient for anything Photoshop needs to do. Max out the ram and consider the X64 version of Windows so you can use more than 3 Gigabytes of ram.
If you want to future proof yourself, get one of the quad core systems.
Even a basic core 2 duo system should be several times faster than a 6 year old P4. I’m not doing huge, multilayer images, but there is nothing in Photoshop that isn’t nearly instantaneous with my C2D and 2 gigs ram.
Yes, but look at what most consumer machines on the market are right now - Core 2 *Duos* not Quads.
Eventually the majority of consumer machines will move to Quads.
Mmmmm. Vomilicious!
How long before I can get one on a Sunday for $400.00 at Best Buy?
At a guess, probably about 18-24 months.
As to whether you *should* buy the $400 special from WorstBuy... that’s another topic entirely.
Hmm, well, I totally ignore the pre-built budget stuff at Office Min and Worst Buy, so maybe your statement is correct insofar as those machines go.
I get my parts from Newegg. If I were to ever go pre-built, I’d probably go with something like Voodoo, Falcon or Alienware (owned by Dell).
“Evil Inside” ping!
“Is this new stuff just for the server market and I can go ahead and snag some dual core thingy to keep me happy for the next five years?”
I think anything you buy right now will be adequate for a long time. But for someone like me who has a business that can use a massive database driven by a supercomputer, the sky is the limit.
You’re not thinking of video encoding. Cores count!
Hey, if I have to be coherent, this is going to be a very short conversation. ;’)
MB is ECS A770M-A which is a cheap board compared to the ones the gamers are buying! My last deal was a weekend special at Fry's for 219$....Motherboard and Phenom 9500...and the 4 Gigabyte of pc6400 AData memory was a bit over 100$...so decided there was no reason for waiting for anything newer.....
Finally a chip fast enough to keep up with Microsoft bloatware.
My computer began to not be the bottleneck anymore about a dozen years ago. I am the bottleneck now and no amount of hex cores will help that.
18 months.
I have that now with Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 Preferred.
... To run Word.
To run Word? No, you’ll need 8 cores for Word 2013 to even run vaguely well.
You need 4 cores to just boot Windows Vista adequately fast.
Yep. I am by no means a server guy, but I routinely do very very basic video encoding and would totally eat up as many cores as you can give me.
The codec writers have already hopped on the multicore bandwagon and have done a good job rewriting their stuff to use all the cores they can see.
Thanks, yes, I almost didn’t post this topic because I thought this was the same development as that twin quad machine (two topics about it already).
AMD Octal core processors for 2009
2CPU | 2007-12-14 20:30:04 | ReMeDy
Posted on 12/26/2007 9:48:37 PM EST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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AMD adjusts three-core Phenom roll-out plan, moles claim
Register | 1st February 2008 11:21 GMT | Tony Smith
Posted on 02/01/2008 2:10:43 PM EST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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IT Question about Core 2 vs Dual Core Processors and BUS speeds
Posted on 02/02/2008 4:07:59 PM EST by pctech
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IBM explores 67.1m-core computer for running entire internet
The Register | 5 February 2008 | Ashlee Vance
Posted on 02/06/2008 3:29:12 PM EST by ShadowAce
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Exclusive: Dell set to introduce AMD Tri-Core Phenom
TG Daily | Saturday, February 16, 2008 13:38 | Theo Valich
Posted on 02/18/2008 12:08:33 AM EST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Intel Delivers ‘Hard-Core’ Eight-Core Platform for PC Performance Aficionados
Physorg.com | 19 February 2008 | Staff
Posted on 02/22/2008 9:32:25 AM EST by ShadowAce
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Sony Might Have Gotten It Right with the PS3 from the Beginning
Softpedia | November 5th, 2007 | Filip Truta
Posted on 11/25/2007 1:38:14 PM EST by SunkenCiv
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