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Next-generation computer chip to hold 2 engines

10:18 AM - December 27, 2004 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Category : Miscellaneous
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For decades, computer performance has been driven largely by the increasing numbers of ever-smaller transistors squeezed into the machines' silicon brains.

Now, the world's leading semiconductor companies have unveiled a remarkably similar strategy for working around the problem: In 2005, microprocessors sold for personal computers will sprout what amounts to two heads each.

Instead of building processors with a single core to handle calculations, designers will place two or more computing engines on a single chip. They won't run as fast as single-engine models, but they won't require as much power, either, and will be able to handle more work at once.

Read the complete story here. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)


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