Linus Torvalds: Too many cores = too much BS

[Yuriman]

The 2013 Moto X got a lot of crap for having only two cores, even though they were the same cores as were present in the Snapdragon 800 (afaik). Looks like people have changed their tune.

 

[jhu]

The 2013 Moto X got a lot of crap for having only two cores, even though they were the same cores as were present in the Snapdragon 800 (afaik). Looks like people have changed their tune.

Moto X (2013) actually used modified dual core S4 Pro (which is slower than what's in the Snapdragon 801, which itself is basically a higher clocked 800).

 

[velis]

Regardless, low number of powerful cores is suitable for TODAY's workloads. Be it 2 or 4, it makes little difference. They are there to support today's iconized UIs and windowed workspaces.

Future UIs may not be equal and software solutions to support them may be different, more or less parallelizable. Saying that two cores are enough for all time is ridiculous, to say the least.

It seems that both Sony and MS have decided that more weaker cores (with more powerful graphics) is suitable for today's console generation. Latest gen handheld flagships pretty much all have 4 cores. Software WILL adapt to resources offered, sooner or later. It doesn't really matter if it's only marketing or something more, they are here to stay and they are what SW guys have to work with.

 

[TheELF]

It seems that both Sony and MS have decided that more weaker cores (with more powerful graphics) is suitable for today's console generation.

They also decided that 30FPS is suitable for today's games...
Since the weak cores can't go any higher on demanding games.