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Subject: Re: Hammer -- Hardware news

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 07:34:45 10/18/02

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On October 18, 2002 at 10:04:01, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

there is a small difference between showing something of 1.4Ghz
dual and a 8 processor 5ghz system :)

Of course for a marketing guy it's just peanuts to make that link :)

But for now 1.4 dual sounds more realistic than 8 proc 5Ghz :)

>from http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5828
>
>" Elsewhere at the Forum, server firm, Newsys was showing a dual Opteron system
>running a pair of 1.4GHz chips. An observer who shared his findings on the
>Investors Hub website here, said Newisys had designs for 4 and 8-chip systems
>ready and the desgns could support chips of up to 5GHz speeds. "
>
>
> 8*5Ghz hammer !? a bit slow, but may be enough to beat me (1950 ELO) at chess
>...
>
> ;o)



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