Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 07:13:33 07/28/04
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On July 28, 2004 at 05:25:39, Tord Romstad wrote: >On July 27, 2004 at 15:56:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Want to make a wager as to when the PDAs will have dual-core CPUs? >> >>It won't be _that_ long... > >Very hard to say. From today's perspective, it is hard to see why PDA and >cellphone users would ever want a dual-core CPU, or even a very powerful >single-core CPU. For 99% of the typical tasks done by a PDA or cellphone, >processor speed simply doesn't matter that much. Battery life, on the other >hand, is very important. Even today, many PDA users underclock their units >on order to extend battery life. I would much rather buy a PDA with a battery >life ten times longer than my current unit than a hypothetical PDA with a >shorter battery life and 1000 times the processing power. Actually, there are quite a few things that you can do on a cellphone (DSP, games) that require lots of CPU. The biggest reason to put an MP system there is that it is cheaper and uses less power than a single core solution with the same performance. anthony
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