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Subject: Re: If you're considering an OPTERON upgrade... Wait a minute!

Author: Martin Andersen2

Date: 23:00:20 01/27/06

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On January 27, 2006 at 22:38:53, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On January 27, 2006 at 18:36:47, Frank Wies wrote:
>
>>They are also planning to ship quad cores later this year ... the ramp will be
>>in 2007.
>
>Expect end 2007 there will be a few quad cores, at massive prices, requiring
>massive cooling.
>
>Those dual cores run so so hot already idle despite massive cooling,
>it'll take a bit longer than predicted.
>
I don't think so. A quad core will be made with 65 nm technology, giving
a lower wattage. Also, this year a 8 core cpu will debut, made with
90 nm tech, in Playstation 3. So the number of cores is not everything.

Martin.



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