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The Future: Nehalem, Atom, Etc.
Obviously, this is only the first part of a series of articles. The second part, on AMD processors, will follow (along with a piece on AMD’s ATI graphics cards). But the story of the Intel x86 processors doesn’t end with the Core 2 Duo, and obviously other models are planned for the future. Nehalem and Atom are also x86 processors. And a little bird tells us that Intel’s upcoming entry into the graphics market, Larrabee, is also based on a number of x86 cores.
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Arkz great article with only a few slight errors (like saying the core2duo has 1-4 cores... i don't think there's a 1 cored version lol)Reply
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aleluja To correct you. Core 2 Duo has ONLY 2 cores, not more, not less.Reply
Core 2 Quad, has 4 cores and Core Solo has 1 core.
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@ArkzReply
Yes there is a singal core,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors#Single-Core_Mobile_processors
Ok it is not under the same branding but it is part of the same microarchitecture -
-Fran- I might be wrong, but i resemble that the Pentium 166 (32bits adress bus and all) had support for 4Gb of memory. I remember IBM sold it's top line (at that time) with 64Mb support (even with SDR PC100/66 support). Correct me if i'm wrong please.Reply -
neiroatopelcc The core 2 does supply 1-4 cores - 2 cores per die, where one might be disabled, and one or two dies on a socket. It's no less right to call a core2duo a cpu with 1-4 cores, than it is to put the pentium d on the same page as a single core prescot, as it's the very same principle.Reply -
cangelini Arkzgreat article with only a few slight errors (like saying the core2duo has 1-4 cores http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coree ... i don't think there's a 1 cored version lol)Looking forward to the AMD article.Reply
Thanks for the heads-up! I tweaked that passage to better represent the Core 2 architecture's available configurations! -
randomizer vosesterOk it is not under the same branding but it is part of the same microarchitecture Exactly. The article says:Reply
ArticleThere are many versions of the architecture, resulting in configurations with a different number of cores
There is no mention of the branding, so there is no actual error there, just misinterpretation. -
ImSpartacus Arkzgreat article with only a few slight errors (like saying the core2duo has 1-4 cores... i don't think there's a 1 cored version lol)Looking forward to the AMD article.Reply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116039
Yes, it isn't called a "Core 2 Duo," but it uses the Core architecture and only has a single core enabled.
But I will have to say, there aren't any 3 core models... -
magicandy Good to hear you're not only doing an AMD article, but an ATI one as well (in response to the Nvidia article you did earlier, assuming). A sign of class from the new Tom's is a welcome one.Reply -
harrycat88 I wish they would get rid of those stupid SNAP Linkbubless and Inteltex misguiding links. Who ever invented those stupid annoying double lined text popups should have been burned at the stakeReply