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Necessary motivation
It could go something like this ...

1. Software company (APPLE) realises it will get good press and follow-on sales by harnessing computing power in existing multi-core CPU's. If only they had better integration with the hardware ...

2. GPU Hardware companies (ATI, NVIDIA) realise they will get good press and follow on sales by releasing the computing power in existing multi-threaded GPU's. If only they had better integration with software ...

3. Since all parties above are 2nd in their league they will realise that helping each other out could make them all first in their leagues.

4. Someone will have the 'brilliant' and 'novel' idea that instead of having a marketecture (like that word) based on the existing split of CPU/GPU and OS/applications they could design a cheap, modern SUPERCOMPUTER instead of an expensive old-style TOY.

5. Ten years later historians will say "how surprising that it took so long to happen".

6. M$ may indeed wake up smarter which would help consumer pricing further via competition, or it may not.
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Necessary motivation  johnfenjackson@... | 06/17/08
Don't think that it will be a serious threat for M.S  timiteh | 06/17/08
Interesting question..... when is good enough NOT?  James Quinn | 06/17/08
But is it "good enough" to switch?  Pliny the Elder | 06/17/08
Well there is the question......  James Quinn | 06/17/08
Because Jan and Jon Doe  frgough | 06/20/08
Threat to Ms?  c.bartlefsen@... | 06/20/08
You can already have it now  pjotr123 | 06/17/08
And for EXTREME performance, Gentoo  fr0thy2 | 06/17/08
Could you point out  markbn | 06/17/08
Gentoo gains arnt that big. But it is the best distro customization-wise.  g2g591 | 06/20/08
I don't see a major technological break through  DevGuy_z | 06/17/08
"IF" as the article states people in the industry  James Quinn | 06/17/08
That's a compiler issue (application) not an OS one.  DevGuy_z | 06/17/08
Hard to comment without the details  techconc | 06/17/08
I over generalized on the BSD thing...  DevGuy_z | 06/17/08
NT 3.1 had SMP support (nt)  blu_vg@... | 06/17/08
Well I wasn't sure and too lazy to look it up.  DevGuy_z | 06/18/08
SMP and Multitasking details  mikegalos@... | 08/04/08
Don't think so  billmsu | 06/18/08
Radius Rocket  mikegalos@... | 08/04/08
Don't see a major breahthrough?  People | 06/20/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  franciswernet@... | 06/17/08
First Multiprocessor ????  mrlinux | 06/17/08
First Multiprocessor-look again!  pokeitwithastick | 06/20/08
WHAT THREAT? Apple by design fails!!  JABBER_WOLF | 06/17/08
WHAT THREAT? Apple by design fails!! NAUGHT!!  dsmckown | 06/17/08
Do you know how many times that has been  socialism=nowhere | 06/17/08
The stat is a little misleading  alaniane@... | 06/19/08
Apple updated its EULA to allow virtualization of OS X Server. [nt]  olePigeon | 06/21/08
Off topic but I'm glad there is common hardware  DevGuy_z | 06/17/08
No way  Mike Cox | 06/17/08
9  MichaelJMotal | 06/17/08
Microsoft already has it  Wolke Snow | 06/17/08
So...  zkiwi | 06/17/08
Some examples  Wolke Snow | 06/17/08
one more  Wolke Snow | 06/17/08
More like NSOperation...  techconc | 06/17/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  Marcos El Malo | 06/17/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  Nick McClure | 06/17/08
G4  levinson | 06/17/08
How about a larger hard drive?  dsmckown | 06/17/08
Dude: way to drive page views!  Rick56 | 06/17/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  gwzap2008 | 06/17/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  DonBurnett | 06/17/08
Windows vs. Apple: My personal opinion  dsmckown | 06/17/08
Wrong  croberts | 06/17/08
manyCORE not manyIO  Wolke Snow | 06/17/08
Robin is once again dilusional...  socialism=nowhere | 06/17/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  RatVega | 06/17/08
Size matters =:-)  Wolke Snow | 06/17/08
Yeah, Right...  RatVega | 06/17/08
puny little 2-core machines  Wolke Snow | 06/18/08
You've totally missed the point  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 06/18/08
It does run CCR and Parallel Fx  Wolke Snow | 06/18/08
Video is a great example  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 06/18/08
Video usually already supports SMP  blu_vg@... | 06/18/08
Not an OS limitation - application limitation  DevGuy_z | 06/18/08
Parallel Extensions CTP to .Net Framework  DevGuy_z | 06/17/08
100% incorrect: "clearly a leader in implementing multi-core support"  blu_vg@... | 06/17/08
Win 9x  mikegalos@... | 08/04/08
The real reason is that OS X is far behind--it has a lousy threading model  blu_vg@... | 06/17/08
Ignorance abounds...  Bruizer | 06/22/08
So OS X has been out for 10+ years?  blu_vg@... | 06/22/08
Leapfrogging Apple May be out of MS's reach  dad2ways | 06/17/08
Do you even understand what you are saying....  ibarskiy@... | 06/17/08
Apple has had multi-core processors longer than 5 years  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 06/17/08
Not exactly the same thing  Marcos El Malo | 06/18/08
What's your point?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 06/18/08
re. What's your point?  Steve4Fluff | 06/20/08
INTEL ATOM  oliver_foster@... | 06/18/08
"No one needs the desktop anymore"  Wolke Snow | 06/18/08
Keep dreaming  klumper | 06/18/08
Less that 10 % of the world cares about Apple  SteveMak | 06/18/08
It is a tipping point problem  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 06/18/08
Only MSFT tipped it earlier  Wolke Snow | 06/18/08
Validating those predictions  SteveMak | 06/18/08
So what  Chiatzu | 06/18/08
Well put (nt)  klumper | 06/18/08
editorial  digital@... | 06/18/08
yes, editorial  aaronvanderwal | 06/18/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  samuel-kahn@... | 06/18/08
Don't disagree with this blogger  daMan25 | 06/18/08
Ouch - True - and darn funny... nt  socialism=nowhere | 06/18/08
Not true!  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 06/18/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  jlbrown23@... | 06/18/08
MS the new IBM  GoPower | 06/19/08
Biggest threat is Microsoft itself  pecosbill | 06/20/08
"marketecture refresh"  pecosbill | 06/20/08
It's sad how few here understand  People | 06/20/08
Sad, but not that  mikegalos@... | 08/04/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  dorkiedorkfromdorktown | 06/20/08
Well...  kcxpx327 | 06/20/08
McRT  tikigawd | 06/20/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  notsofast | 06/21/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  cfischer83@... | 06/22/08
Where is the threat ?!?  250608 | 06/25/08
After using Leopard for months only to upgrade to  marks055@... | 06/25/08
Intel not upgrading it's 80,000 PCs to Vista. What would Windows 7 offer?  TJGodel | 06/26/08
Excellent article...enabling multicore is next frontier  Prognosticator | 06/26/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  dude8989 | 06/27/08
Must feel threatened...  techconc | 07/03/08
RE: Apple's Grand Central threat to Microsoft  mikegalos@... | 08/04/08

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