AMD-64 large memory... -- 4-way v. 2-way dual-core ...

[Andrew Shewmaker]

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 00:02:38 -0500, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:

> 2)  The dual-core will be "EE" (55W low-power) logic (110W total) and
> command a hefty premium, and aren't nearly the fastest.  E.g., the
> current 240/840EE (1.4GHz) and 246/846EE (2.0GHz) versions are currently
> 70%+ extra, and still only the lower or mid-speed compared to the
> availability of the 252/852 (2.6GHz) at about the same price.  It
> wouldn't surprise me if (4) 8xx series CPUs of the same speed are the
> same prices as (2) 2xx series CPUs with dual-core at the same speed --
> including after the mainboard costs.  ;->

Up until a month ago I had heard the same (that the dual cores would be 
considerably slower), but recently there have been people claiming that 
AMD's dual cores will becoming out at 2.4 GHz.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21531

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60402975

http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/breakingnews.jhtml%3Bjsessionid=URCWE4KKBJDGSQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleId=60402926

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Andrew Shewmaker