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end of massive single core, more like cell
dual core is good, quad core is better, but cell processor is even better. But all sofware will have to be multithreaded to really shine on these new processors. Also, ultimatley, multi-core will raise both yields and reliability when multi-core becomes fault tolerant like RAID for disk drives. Say you have 64 cores and one yields bad - no biggie shut it down and now you have 63 cores. Same for if a core fails in service. Also use for power managment: just servicing keyboard and mouse? - power up 4-5 cores (5MHz 8088 equivelent MIPS is fine). Fire up a game? - power up all 64 cores (OK - 63 if one has failed and is marked "bad". Think of how this will extend laptop battery life! Plus, parallel multi-core architecture is great for graphics & "physics", not to mention CAD and rendering and simulations.
Posted by: baldwinleo@...   Posted on: 05/14/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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No thanks  SouthernPride | 05/11/06
the hoax afloat  not of this world | 05/11/06
End of the road for Moore's Law  Roger Ramjet | 05/11/06
err IBM have 30nm  CypherOz | 05/11/06
end of massive single core, more like cell  baldwinleo@... | 05/14/06

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