MojoKid writes "AMD has
officially
announced their triple-core Phenom multi-core processor offering, suggesting
a triple-threat of processors, from dual-cores to triple-cores and native
quad-cores coming to market this year. The
triple-core is an interesting and potentially compelling offering from AMD
to be sure. While the term symmetric multi-processing (or SMP) suggests a
balanced approach of multiple cores, in an even number of engines, working
together on a single workload, AMD offers that an odd number of processors can
slice at that workload as well, just as efficiently. Time will tell how this
architecture will scale amongst various multi-threaded applications and
real-world usage models. However, AMD is definitely moving to make use of these quad-cores that don't quite make the cut, by testing them fully as triple-cores and realizing some revenue, rather than throwing them away." Link to Original Source
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