When will Quad cores be the main CPU's

[imported_grinder]

Quad cores have been out for a long time, Intel and AMD both seem to be putting most of there time into core that have more than 2 cpu's.

Yet not may programs really take advantage of more than 2 core's.

That being said why so much time spent developing them if there is not much call for them.

 

[ther00kie16]

You are thinking as a gamer. Many professional applications utilize quad core.

 

[lurkmoar]

Originally posted by: ther00kie16
You are thinking as a gamer. Many professional applications utilize quad core.

app names plox

 

[Andrew1990]

What intel needs is a very cheap Quad core(like $110). Remember the transition to Dual core, and remember when the Pentium D 805 came out for $133? That was undheard of for a dual core processor under $200.

Same thing needs to happen with the Quads.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: grinder
When will Quad cores be the main CPU's

Quad core CPU's will become the main processors in PC's, late November of 2010.

 

[imported_Scoop]

When Nehalem comes out.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea its just price competition. most main cpus are mid/low end. no reason to lose profit margin on quads by getting rid of dual core until amd gets its act together and comes back with something competitive.

 

[ther00kie16]

Originally posted by: lurkmoar

Originally posted by: ther00kie16
You are thinking as a gamer. Many professional applications utilize quad core.

app names plox

Anything that requires massive amounts of calculations will take advantage of quad core and beyond. I agree that it's about the price. Once quad cores can hit close to $100 area, then they will become the norm. Who knows? Maybe q9150 for $100 will work great and be the norm in terms of PCs from OEMs.

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: grinder
When will Quad cores be the main CPU's

Quad core CPU's will become the main processors in PC's, late November of 2010.

Yep! The 22nd to be exact! :thumbsup:

 

[ther00kie16]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: grinder
When will Quad cores be the main CPU's

Quad core CPU's will become the main processors in PC's, late November of 2010.

Yep! The 22nd to be exact! :thumbsup:

You mean 26th (Black Friday).

 

[degibson]

Someone has to figure out a way to get software to actually use the cores... right now, a few 'professional' (read: very small market share) and 'enterprise' (read: big market share, but not usually visible) applications are (almost) the only applications that can leverage four threads. Some games are getting there -- especially in AI and pathfinding. More applications, especially games, will have to adapt to thread-level parallelism to reap any benefits from quad-core+ platforms.

Edit: I shouldn't say 'not usually visible' -- more like 'not always remembered'.

 

[corkyg]

Late 2009 to 2010.

Quad

 

[Cogman]

What, everyone doesn't have a Quad? (I'm lovin' mine!)

 

[SandEagle]

Really not taking advantage of my 2. looking to get server 2008 with hyper-v so i can push this thing to the limit

 

[RebateMonger]

I predict that Quad-Cores will reach their full potential right after MMX and HT make it big-time.

 

[wwswimming]

when the jump to quad core doesn't cost an extra $2000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16834201001

 

[ther00kie16]

Originally posted by: wwswimming
when the jump to quad core doesn't cost an extra $2000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16834201001

They put a desktop q6600 in there, which makes the laptop stupidly moronic and expensive for what it's worth.
Laptop Q9300 is coming in Fall for $700ish, which will then only be a $500 jump.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: degibson
Someone has to figure out a way to get software to actually use the cores... right now, a few 'professional' (read: very small market share) and 'enterprise' (read: big market share, but not usually visible) applications are (almost) the only applications that can leverage four threads. Some games are getting there -- especially in AI and pathfinding. More applications, especially games, will have to adapt to thread-level parallelism to reap any benefits from quad-core+ platforms.

Edit: I shouldn't say 'not usually visible' -- more like 'not always remembered'.

well during the last apple event, Steve jobs mentioned something called grand Central. while he didn't go into details, it appears to be a compiler that optimizes applications for multi-core. now this is quite early, but if it is successful and can be used on other OS'es, then that will be revolutionary and it will make writing multi-threaded apps much easier.

disclaimer: take everything i said with a grain of salt. this is what i understood from some articles i read on the net and again, details were skim.

 

[Lonyo]

When they can make cheap quad cores (~$50).