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| Thread ID: 81443 | 2007-07-28 02:45:00 | Are 8 cores not enough? | winmacguy (3367) | PC World Chat |
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| 573380 | 2007-07-28 02:45:00 | Intel is planning to release a system with 16 processing cores by the end of the summer. The new platform, codenamed 'Caneland', will feature four processor sockets, each able to support the company's latest quad-core chips. The systems were first demonstrated in October last year. www.itnews.com.au I can see this being a benefit to video encoding and scientific stuff but are there any games yet that utilise 4 cores or 8 cores? I guess if there aren't that the gamer developers had better get moving. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 573381 | 2007-07-28 03:04:00 | There won't be games, but these platforms are designed for serving. I could happily imagine one of these being used as an epic gameserver. |
Neongreen (6358) | ||
| 573382 | 2007-07-28 05:07:00 | A very epic games server I would imagine, or one heck of a video encoding server for a TV network | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 573383 | 2007-07-28 06:22:00 | It could be an entry level processor for games in maybe 10 years time. Our grand kids will have something a lot more powerful than this winmacguy:-) | Bantu (52) | ||
| 573384 | 2007-07-28 06:49:00 | In 10 years time our computer systems should be into their 2nd or 3rd version of holographic computing or at least some real groovy version of touch screen. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 573385 | 2007-07-28 06:50:00 | I expect something like that will be in our cell phones in about a decade or so. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 573386 | 2007-07-28 06:51:00 | What touch screen or holographic? 8 cores in a cellphone wouldn't be very feasible. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 573387 | 2007-07-28 11:35:00 | First the spoon then the quad core... | jermsie (6820) | ||
| 573388 | 2007-07-28 12:06:00 | I won't mind having an 8-core CPU....even if it only works 1/8 of its cores all its life with me. :p | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 573389 | 2007-07-28 20:35:00 | Are floppy disks not enough? :p | Renmoo (66) | ||
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