Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:02:21 07/29/04
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On July 28, 2004 at 12:18:59, Tord Romstad wrote: >On July 28, 2004 at 10:13:33, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>Actually, there are quite a few things that you can do on a cellphone (DSP, >>games) that require lots of CPU. > >Yeah, but only up to a certain limit. I find it hard to imagine cellphone >games which would require processor power comparable to current desktop >computers. But of course, new technology often develops into something which >is hard to imagine a few years in advance. > >I won't comment on DSP, for the simple reason that I have no idea what it is. > >>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. > >Really? I thought the opposite was the case. Another example of my poor >understanding of computer hardware, I suppose. > >Tord Simple rule. It is _far_ cheaper to glue two 2ghz processors together than it is to make a new 4ghz processor. That was his point. Once you have the 2ghz design, doubling the speed is linear in terms of costs, since you just make a second processor. Doubling the clock speed of a single chip is _way_ beyond linear...
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