AMD's 12 Core Processor's

[Monolyth]

Speaking from a client application & server app development standpoint I can say that the tools available for creating multi-threaded apps are much more prevalent then they ever have been.

Of course if developers write crappy code there's no amount of multi-cores that can save their processes from running like a dog.

[agentkay]

Nice, 12 cores, I wonder how many of them will actually work. :D I can already see the news, "AMD releases 9-core CPUs, buy them people, they are great!" :D

[Ninja Prime]

Yeah not until 2010 when Intel plan to launch mainstream 12 core with 24 threads as well as high end 16 core with 32 threads desktop CPUs while the servers CPUs will move to 32 core with 64 threads.

I dont know how will AMD respond to Intel's next generation hyper-threading technology when they didnt develop similar technology since Intel created it in R&D 10 years ago. Intel's Atom CPU performance boosted by 50% when hyper-threading enabled using 2 threads, they will launch dual core Atom CPU later this year with 4 threads which will perform like a quad core CPU about on par with Athlon 64 X2 3800+ performance based on Cinebench 9.5 benchmark.

Do you even know what Atom is? Doesn't sound like it... so oblivious.

[AthlonXP1800]

Do you even know what Atom is? Doesn't sound like it... so oblivious.

Atom is the smallest particle you cant see in your vision, you will able to see it in a very powerful microscope, atom can be found in everything matter and lifeforms.

Here something interesting about atom:

A single human cell you can see on microscope contain about 100 trillion atoms
A single drop of water contain about 2 sextillion atoms of oxygen (1000 trillion atoms)
A speck of dust contain about 3 trillion atoms

I think Intel chose Atom name because it is the smallest CPU transistor that do not require heatsink fan to cooling.

[Nutty]

Atom is the smallest particle you cant see in your vision, you will able to see it in a very powerful microscope, atom can be found in everything matter and lifeforms.

Here something interesting about atom:

A single human cell you can see on microscope contain about 100 trillion atoms
A single drop of water contain about 2 sextillion atoms of oxygen (1000 trillion atoms)
A speck of dust contain about 3 trillion atoms

I think Intel chose Atom name because it is the smallest CPU transistor that do not require heatsink fan to cooling.

Ninja Prime was right, you aint got a clue.

[AthlonXP1800]

Ninja Prime was right, you aint got a clue.

No you aint got a clue because I done a research about Atom on internet.

Atom is the smallest particle form of energy you cant see in your naked eye, only scientists can see in a very powerful microscope, atom can be found in just everything matter and lifeforms. It has chemical element of electron, proton, neutron and nucleus.

[XDanger]

Nobody can see an atom, only a representation of one.
"This is not a pipe"

[lips]

Will vista support 12 cores? ms says they will support all home cpus oob, I am not sure that 12 really is a viable though.. lol! Linux default os, possibly?

[Ninja Prime]

Will vista support 12 cores? ms says they will support all home cpus oob, I am not sure that 12 really is a viable though.. lol! Linux default os, possibly?

As I recall, Vista supports up to 32 logical cores now, I think? Maybe I'm thinking the server version, hmmm.

[lips]

As I recall, Vista supports up to 32 logical cores now, I think? Maybe I'm thinking the server version, hmmm.

even if it does, your value will likely be in the large cache size of the 12 core cpu. And slip it in just slightly less expensive than intel's chip of the same cache size.... (nana2)

[Ninja Prime]

even if it does, your value will likely be in the large cache size of the 12 core cpu. And slip it in just slightly less expensive than intel's chip of the same cache size.... (nana2)

I found it, Vista supports an unlimited number of logical cores, but only 2 sockets. ;)