Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 16:37:58 05/21/00
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On May 21, 2000 at 19:05:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >You are missing my point. Within 5 years, a single microprocessor chip is going >to have more than one cpu. There are already prototypes. Several vendors have >done this already, although none that are "PC" aware... > >But a dual or quad cpu chip is coming. Quicker than you might think. And it >will still be able to run in a palm or whatever, if the computational demands >continue to increase.. I think multiprocessor machines are great, but my question is why are they useful for the average person, given current software? The average person isn't doing more than one CPU intensive thing at once, if they are doing any CPU intensive things, ever. The software has to take advantage of multiple processors so that it can speed up tasks for single-processor humans, and that is a bitch. Aside from chess programs, I don't do anything that is CPU-intensive, except maybe some games, which seem to run fine now on my 550 mhz Intel machine. In fact, everything seems to run fine now. If I have to sit and wait for something it is typically modem bandwidth (56K modem here) or internet lag. So if they are going to be common, why? What is the upside for the typical home user or semi-casual business user? bruce
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