Edrick
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The current CPUs are really just quad core as they have only 1 FPU to each pair of "cores"
Is it me or was the OP just baiting with a thread like this?
The current CPUs are really just quad core as they have only 1 FPU to each pair of "cores"
Is it me or was the OP just baiting with a thread like this?
Or worse: what if the GPU shared the L3 with 4 hyperthreaded cores? There's no way that they would count as real cores!If the OP counts a pair of int cores (as x86 cores were up to 386) as only one core, he should look at Interlagos with 16 cores, if he doesn't count the Magny Cours.
BTW if some cores share L2 or L3, would they count as a single core? ;-)
Forget 8-core, when are the mainstream cpu's going to get 6 core? I've heard the mainstream Haswell are still 4-core only, which makes sense I guess. I hope the die-shrink has 6-cores though.
/me looks at sigForget 8-core, when are the mainstream cpu's going to get 6 core? I've heard the mainstream Haswell are still 4-core only, which makes sense I guess. I hope the die-shrink has 6-cores though.
Intel will probably be the first to release a true 8 core CPU although there will be no 8 core Haswell if I'm not mistaken.
When Intel has fully integrated everything onto an SoC. That's why you're not seeing more than 4 cores... integration is the focus currently, and for good reason.Forget 8-core, when are the mainstream cpu's going to get 6 core? I've heard the mainstream Haswell are still 4-core only, which makes sense I guess. I hope the die-shrink has 6-cores though.
When the manufacturers think there's enough profit to be made to justify the investment.
The issue with bulldozer is not core-count, or power consumption, or IPC...it is all of the above when combined into a singular product.
They (Intel) just has to position them in the mainstream, with price proportionate to the quads. Since the 3570 is 280.00, they should be able to make a hex core for around 450.00 instead of the 600.00 for the E chips
So my old 486SX was actually a "zero core" since it didn't have an FPU?
They can still compete against Intel, if they want to. I hope they grow a pair.
And it can all be yours for the low low price of $1900 :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
It's prohibitively expensive to aggressively increase IPC or MHz. And a lot of people think adding more cores is the best/only alternative.I don't get why people want more cores. I want more MHz and IPC.