Author: K. Burcham
Date: 21:06:12 06/14/04
lets see, if each core has 900+ pins and 2 cores per processor in a SMP machine, that is 3600+ pins. 3600+ pins running a chess program could be a considerable speed change in KNS. I will believe it when I read benchtest reports at top sites. kburcham http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5233470.html The Opteron and Athlon 64 chips will differ in cache size, frequency and the number of input/output links, but the chips' core will functionally be the same. There are three iterations of the dual-core Opteron, code-named Egypt, Italy and Denmark. A single dual-core desktop chip goes by the code name Toledo. Dual-core processors allow chip designers to ameliorate the growing problem of power consumption, Crume said. A dual-core chip running at a lower frequency can consume less power but provide more performance than a singe chip running at multiple gigahertz. Contrary to conventional wisdom, software compatibility is not a significant barrier to adoption of dual-core processors, he said. Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are already "threaded," which means that they can divide up tasks across two processors. A substantial number of server applications are threaded as well. The practice is far less common with desktop applications, but if the operating system is threaded, a PC can increase its performance, because it can do two things at once. AMD's first dual-core chips will be made on the 90-nanometer process, which AMD has recently started using.
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