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On [CPUs] AMD "reverse hyperthreading" speculation...     cxl 38 2636 Action_Man
07-01-2006 at 05:11 AM
On [CPUs] Judge dismisses part of AMD case against Intel     cxl 26 1687 spud
09-30-2006 at 01:23 AM
On [CPUs] CPU for quiet HTPC?
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The problem with Intel and HTPC is the lack of cheap micro-atx motherboards with DVI-I (essential for good playback IMO). You can get [...]
    frankienyc​123 22 1272 pausert20
08-30-2007 at 02:51 AM
On [CPUs] AMD pulled off more victories than Intel $ 4 $
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The main problem of the cited article is that in compares Intel vs AMD at very specific point in time, right after AMD prices drastically dr [...]
2   SIRKILLALO​T 60 5099 Ycon
04-23-2007 at 04:57 PM
On [CPUs] Official AMD Q1 Earnings Thread -
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BTW, what I really do not get is after-hours stock price - it is up 5%! Maybe if AMD have had announced bankrupcy they could get it to $5 [...]
4   Twisted_Si​ster 185 10803 baldeagle
04-20-2007 at 06:52 PM
On [CPUs] Barecelona to be launched in Q3, desktop K10 in Q4!
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Actually, this is sort of interesting topic. In fact, I believe the *lack* of IMC can have a lot to do with high gaming performance o [...]
2   gOJDO 74 5831 Insane_Man​iac
04-17-2007 at 08:21 AM
On [CPUs] Why does AMD win in Floating Point?
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Yep, even when you do see FPU instructions, they are far and few. Integer strength is much more important imo. There are no floating po [...]
    DaSickNinj​a 17 3020 Era
03-29-2007 at 11:08 PM
On [CPUs] Does IBM see no money in X86?
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They will. Just waiting to get it cheap :) Mirek
    Major_Spit​tle 6 460 Tostino
03-26-2007 at 11:22 PM
On [CPUs] info on Intel's future GPU
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Actually it is not as good as it sounds, puting x86 cores to do graphics processing simply isn't the best ideea out there because it isn [...]
    wickedmons​ter 21 1351 DragonSpra​yer
03-08-2007 at 11:17 PM
On [CPUs] AMD asks to double common stock to 1.5 billion shares
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Well, speaking about psychological effect, this means that loss per share will be decreased from 0.34 to 0.17 :) Mirek
5   azza21 221 10331 baldeagle
03-08-2007 at 11:16 PM
On [CPUs] Why AMD had to buy ATI
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I do not see this as problem, they will simply add SSE6 or something like that to architecture. Actually, I think they will do that for [...]
    lordpope 48 3388 CaptRobert​April
02-12-2007 at 02:22 PM
On [CPUs] What was your first CPU ?
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Zilog Z80 4Mhz 48KB RAM, 16KB ROM Shared 6KB RAM "GPU" in "chipset" (256x192 resolution, with two colors per each 8x8 [...]
6   spree 277 12456 hollett
02-11-2007 at 01:44 AM
On [CPUs] Just where is intel ahead?
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The vast majority of programmers today do not think about optimization until it becomes an issue. On VLIW/EPIC machines they would have [...]
    r0ck 29 3179 dasickninj​a
01-18-2007 at 05:09 AM
On [CPUs] Intel has announced Q6600
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Are they? They have not dropped C2D prices since the launch. C2D is as cheap to manufacture for Intel as X2 CPUs for AMD, still C2D come [...]
2   qcmadness 63 5456 halcyon
01-09-2007 at 01:52 AM
On [CPUs] INQ says rev. A1 K8L ES Demo close
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Netburst to Core is irrelevant. Interesting question is P6 vs Core2 ;) Mirek
3   lordpope 133 9434 clue69less
11-05-2006 at 07:04 AM
On [CPUs] What do you think about Conroe-L?
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Yes. That is late 2006 begining 2007. But they should (will) eol netburst ASAP and then they will need budget solution. I think single-c [...]
    joefriday 42 3192 qcmadness
10-10-2006 at 03:04 PM
On [CPUs] Intel Yorkfield Vs. AMD Altair (K8L)
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The most interesting thing about 965/946 Core2 mobos is that those from Intel itself are in fact quite cheap (100-150$). The only proble [...]
    Retardicus 41 5236 joset
10-07-2006 at 09:03 PM
On [CPUs] AMD to release first 65 nm processors in December
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6? I think first Intel 65nm was presler and yonah, it is more than 6 months.
    wolfman140 10 1334 49ers540
10-05-2006 at 05:41 AM
On [CPUs] X86 (CISC) v Risk?
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From what I have read, this is true for any high end CPUs. Actually, it seems like they are using two overlapping teams to design hig [...]
    jbl4 30 2015 greenjelly
10-04-2006 at 02:59 AM
On [CPUs] Who needs more cores - I do - no i really do :)
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Flames and fanboism aside, do you have a link to any benchmark comparing C++ compilation speed of Core2 and AMD64? This topic is very im [...]
3   muharizj 106 6246 belvdr
09-30-2006 at 11:56 PM
On [CPUs] amd quadfather 4X4 VS intel Kentsfield
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Yes, but G4 is not as wide and deeper pipeline means higher frequency, which was major trouble for Apple at the time.... When they de [...]
6   DiGiTaLDre​amZZ 282 30886 cxl
09-28-2006 at 02:07 PM
On [CPUs] Intel pledges 80 cores in five years
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Actually, the interesting part of annoucment is that this experiment is using stacked dies and combines them with 20MB of fast SRAM stac [...]
    exit2dos 41 2418 TSIMonster
09-27-2006 at 12:39 AM
On [CPUs] Intel Core 2 Duo: Is it 64bit?
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Yes. Not much.
    mRWaffles 4 764 mRWaffles
09-27-2006 at 12:09 AM
On [CPUs] K8L Architecture Presentation by AMD in Moscow
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Better than the new architecture of their rival, which outperforms the best of AMD. Since Intel took about 3 years to respond to K8, [...]
    gOJDO 40 4030 Ycon
09-29-2006 at 10:31 PM
On [CPUs] Is intel EMT 64 bit pure or amd 64 bit pure
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You can use Vista with 1GB of ram in 64-bit mode. Sure, you will loose the main advantage (>2GB RAM), but still get improved architec [...]
2   rahul_crac​ker 77 8496 quantumshe​ep
09-28-2006 at 10:23 PM
On [CPUs] After Die Shrink, whats next?
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Funny, simple google search revealed this interesting site dealing with the subject:
2   Heyhey 68 5001 Straker
09-22-2006 at 02:11 PM
On [CPUs] Great Woodcrest, Socket F, S940, Dempsey Review
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It is not unlikely that other factors affect scaling here. These are database tests; if I understood the benchmark description well, it [...]
    ltcommande​r_data 6 1047 joset
09-18-2006 at 01:37 PM
On [CPUs] More AMD price cuts soon?
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Should not be when there? :)
    Dannyaa 9 1704 fatcat
09-17-2006 at 12:36 PM
On closed [CPUs] Very old computer working?
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You are wrong, they do require fan. First Intel generation requiring fan was 486 (I have two of them for software testing - btw, slower [...]
27   maypep_nec​ro 1319 80590 bfellow
12-06-2007 at 07:50 PM
On [CPUs] THG (P)reviews "Core 2 Quadro" - aka Kentsfield!
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Also add to the mix that many application simply could not be multithreaded and that multithreaded code itself has some associated costs [...]
4   shinigamiX 189 19147 Synergy6
09-18-2006 at 07:20 PM
On [CPUs] fastest-amd-opteron-vs-i ntel-core-2-extreme
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Even if that would be true, why should it matter?
2   qurious69s​s 79 5855 evilr00t
09-10-2006 at 03:37 AM
On [CPUs] Intel or amd!
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Does it? Last time I have checked, DDR2 was cheaper than DDR (but I might be wrong). Note that for Core2, DDR2 533 is all you need, u [...]
2   Himal 67 4939 gOJDO
09-08-2006 at 04:11 AM
On [CPUs] Turion X2: a very good chip
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I bet it will run on most 3D integrated graphics solutions. MacOS X does its 3D eyecandy on Intel 915G without problem. Anything that [...]
    BaronMatri​x 43 4127 turpit
08-30-2006 at 06:19 AM
On [CPUs] Intel is shipping Beta CPU's to AMD for testing
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Actually, even if Intel does not send samples directly to AMD, do you think that AMD does not have one? As long as Intel (or AMD) sends [...]
    lordpope 33 2859 turkishdru​mmer
08-24-2006 at 03:51 AM
On [CPUs] E6600 processor loudness?
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My two 512MB sticks of DDR RAM are buzzing too, now for two years already (so apparently they are not faulty). It is not very noisy, [...]
2   Milos 54 4975 Raeven_Zer​o
08-23-2006 at 11:16 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Announces Quad-Core Tape Out
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Hm, let us hope this does not mean another K9 disaster (when AMD failed with K9 core, they quickly released X2 and when asked about K9 s [...]
    The_Abyss 10 1390 shabodah
08-16-2006 at 02:49 PM
On [CPUs] Gamers say "There's No point to conroe"
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Actually, does not look as typical price war to me - at the moment, Intel has its high-margin parts (Core2), while AMD reduced prices in [...]
6   corvettegu​y 274 26152 quantumshe​ep
08-15-2006 at 02:59 PM
On [CPUs] E6300 OR 939 X2 3800+ at stock speeds
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AFAIK, the general rule of thumb is that core2 performs as AMD X2 with 500Mhz more. Mirek
    stackoverf​low 9 2072 YO_KID37
08-14-2006 at 02:20 PM
On [CPUs] Is Multi-Core a temporary solution?
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Just to keep things clear, this is a bit misleading. To make it clear: You can have 2 64bit FP numbers in register - and those are re [...]
2   m25 88 5269 m25
08-07-2006 at 09:30 AM
On [CPUs] E6300 and E6400 Difference?
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Actually, the really interesting questions is whether 6300 and 6400 have different dies, or are the same die as 4MB models with half of cach [...]
    gRapz 32 2813 chuckshiss​le
08-04-2006 at 10:17 PM
On [CPUs] It is still good bet investing in AM2 (K8)
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Could agree with that... Sorry, nothing else than wishfull thinking. I see nothing in K8L that would make it much better desing. [...]
    CoolChill 1 474 cxl
07-28-2006 at 09:56 AM
On [CPUs] Is Intel that bandwidth Starved?
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Just my 0.02: I believe that all that "low latency" and "higher bandwidth" of integrated memory controller has a lot [...]
    MatTheMurd​era 16 848 MatTheMurd​era
06-22-2006 at 09:13 PM
On [CPUs] Core 2 Duo & Socket AM2/K8L Discussion
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Well, I do not _write_ assembler code too much nowadays, but quite often I have to check what C++ produced (in order to keep my code opt [...]
15   Caboose-1 706 64476 spud
06-22-2006 at 06:17 AM
On [CPUs] Best platform for non-graphic applications ! Need help !
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I'm pretty sure VS doesn't support dual core builds but I thought that one proc would do the build and another any other apps running. [...]
    DrunkPunk 19 598 linux_0
03-19-2006 at 06:16 PM

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