Dual-Core Pentium 4 Slated For 2Q 2005 250
Quantrell writes "Today is the first full day of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, and Intel has announced that dual-core Pentium 4s are
coming in the second quarter, one in the Extreme Edition line (no surprise there), and also the Smithfield
Pentium 4 800 series, which is the next so-called consumer desktop line. No word on pricing, yet."
Well Intel I got to hand it to you . . . (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Well Intel I got to hand it to you . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:About time... (Score:3, Insightful)
Either the machines will be sucking so much power that your lights will dim while running RC5-72 or your AC will have to be cranking in order to keep the room cool.
Re:Lack of bandwidth? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Lack of bandwidth? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Lack of bandwidth? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:About time... (Score:2, Insightful)
While the parent is modded up as funny, what was said isn't too far from the truth, at least from a software perspective.
There's a saying that goes: Joe gives a little, John takes a little. In this case, the more hardware improves, the more inefficient software becomes. This process is initiated as developers start ignoring minutia and low-level details of software development, use high-level frameworks, and stop investing time implementing efficient algorithms.
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Re:130 Watts!! (Score:3, Insightful)