Conroe will undoubtedly be the greatest thing since slice bread in
terms of a single CPU when it arrives ...
However, as far as
obsoleting everything else is concerned ...
Assuming that AB will one
day in the not too distant future take
advantage of multiple CPU's in a
box for optimization, a new single
chip anything will hardly be faster
then the 50+ ghz that could be
cranked out by boards like this ...
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8qw.html
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com,
"dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Nope. Core 2 was introduced
this past Fri. Obsolete's everything
out
> now... Major score for
Intel.
>
> The desktop name is "Conroe" and the laptop version of
the new chip
is
> "Merom" (Intel Internal names). Core 2 is much
faster and uses far
less
> power than their previous Pentiums.
>
> Here are some reviews:
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795
>
> http://www.legitreviews.com/article/362/1/
>
> http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/core2/index.x?pg=1
>
> And the announcement:
>
> http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2/?iid=search
>
> d
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com]
On Behalf Of Phsst
> > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 5:43 PM
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com
>
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Speed Up Backtesting
> >
> >
> Future: Tomasz has promised a muti-core aware optimizer
> > >
New Intel Core2 will prolly double your performance
> > >
>
>
> > d...
> >
> > I've got a fairly new Dell
Inspiron 9400 w / Core Duo. Is
> > this what you are refering to
with 'Core2'?
> >
> > I've read Intels' comments about
improved multi-tasking
> > (threading?) abilities w the Core Duo,
but to me it just
> > sounds like a bunch of new buzzwords that I'm
not quite able
> > to decipher into a real function/benefit
matrix.
> >
> > What changes does a developer like Tomasz
have to make to
> > their software to take advantage of the new
processors?
> >
> > BTW... the Inspiron 9400 is nice, and
the only problem I've
> > experienced (three times) is with the
display adapter failing
> > and causing a horizontal shift a couple
of dozen times on the
> > display, requiring a re-boot to straighten
out. I've
> > downloaded new Intel graphics card driver sofware, but
the
> > infrequent problem still persists.
> >
>
> Rgds... D
> >
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