Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 10:20:12 09/26/01
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If you have Pentium IV, you *already* have CPU capable of executing 2 threads simultaneously. It has all the necessary circuits. They are just disabled in the current CPUs. Eugene On September 26, 2001 at 10:44:54, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 25, 2001 at 14:06:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 25, 2001 at 12:58:00, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>On September 25, 2001 at 11:57:44, Albert Silver wrote: >>> >>>>Multi-cpu machines are very far from being the standard, and while they may >>>>certainly be accessible (pricewise) in some countries nowadays, they are a very >>>>very small minority. Most people think in terms of more MHz or GHz as opposed to >>>>more cpus. >>>> >>>> Albert >>> >>>I fully agree with this statement. There is no question of Multi-CPU machines >>>being standard. Most people have PC with single CPU and I cannot imagine that >>>this "standard" will change in the next few years. >>>Regards >>>Kurt >> >> >>Hold on to your hat. I'd expect that within the next _five_ years you will >>see single chips with two processors on them. _that_ will change the way >>computing looks, once and for all... > >I don't doubt that that is the future, more processors onto a single >chip, but i doubt whether in 5 years we will be able to affort such >processor blocks. > >Let's bet on safe and say 50 years instead of 5 ...
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