-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/16/07 17:16, pinniped wrote: > > 'Multicore' processors are pretty new - older machines have always had > an enormous number of processors. 80 cores on a single chip would take
With "enormous" always changing. Relative to the number of 2x SMP systems, very few systems have 8 CPUs, and Very Few (measured in the 10s of thousands) have more than 16. The vast majority of systems just don't *need* 4 CPUs, much less 8+. Of course, in 5 years I'll have a 4-core desktop with a 512MB PCIe video card and GB ethernet, and it'll still average a 0.05 load, just like today. Sigh. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF1kyWS9HxQb37XmcRAgT/AKDML4TjZZF9fiusET2Y9TvC2zwkGACfU52X D6Sdm1xlvhcY/U1xD8HNNxU= =drox -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
