steve2470
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Sat Aug-20-05 09:42 AM
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Chip architecture question: Why decrease the nm's instead of just using |
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more processor cores ? I read that Intel continues to work on decreasing the nanometers of the wiring(?) in the strained silicon.
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Sat Aug-20-05 09:43 AM
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1. Paper thin computers? LOL like I would know anything about this stuff. |
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Sat Aug-20-05 09:45 AM
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The new intel chips are dual core.
That being said, you can't use a dual core for all operations, they have to be special types of operations for it to be effective.
In addition, for every added core, you increase the overhead in managing multiple processors, their memory paths, etc.
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Sat Aug-20-05 09:47 AM
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3. Decreasing the width means less watts |
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less watts means less heat
AMD has both dual cores and the smallest widths today :)
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