Dell Set to Introduce AMD's Triple-core Phenom CPU 286
An anonymous reader writes "AMD is set to launch what is considered its most important product against Intel's Core 2 Duo processors next week. TG Daily reports that the triple-core Phenoms — quad-core CPUs with one disabled core — will be launching on February 19. Oddly enough, the first company expected to announce systems with triple-core Phenoms will be Dell. Yes, that is the same company that was rumored to be dropping AMD just a few weeks ago. Now we are waiting for the hardware review sites to tell us whether three cores are actually better than two in real world applications and not just in marketing."
Licensing? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yield, effectiveness (Score:3, Funny)
If running Windows, the OS will cycle through the cores so 3 are always running, and one is cooling. This will usually not cause a problem before the system crashes due to something else.
For other OSes, I would think that the conductive layers over the non-functional core would still be working, and capable of distributing the heat evenly. Same problem as when 1 core is running full tilt and (1, 2, 3 for dual, triple, and quad core) are idling.
Re:You know what would be even better? (Score:4, Funny)
Shick (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You know what would be even better? (Score:5, Funny)
Like modeling the behavior of triple-core computers, for instance...
Re:Yield, effectiveness (Score:2, Funny)
The AMD Triple Track (Score:5, Funny)
[For those too young, the reference is the 1975 SNL parody about the Remco Triple Track Razor - done just after twin-bladed razors first appeared.]
sweet! (Score:1, Funny)
How did Sunbeam create such a powerful and versatile kitchen toaster? Easy! They took their top-of-the line dual-slot toaster, and disabled one slot!
Re:The AMD Triple Track (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930 [theonion.com]
[The reference is the 2004 Onion parody about a five bladed razor - presciently done just after the Gillette Mach3Turbo first appeared.]
Re:No (Score:3, Funny)
Dell is dropping 25% of AMD (Score:3, Funny)
Re:There's no need to wait for any reviews (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You know what would be even better? (Score:5, Funny)
Particularly, and gloriously so, when the quad-core system is not powered on.
Re:You know what would be even better? (Score:3, Funny)
Give him a break (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You know what would be even better? (Score:3, Funny)