I think it's a conspiracy between MS and Int*l! ;) (Ok not really) A while back, I remember Intel coming to us (where I worked at the time) and asking for some big CPU intensive application to 'demonstrate' their newest Pentium de jour.
I think what they really meant was: "Do you have some bloated app that would show people a reason to upgrade their hardware so we could sell more chips?" > -----Original Message----- > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:18 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Anyone know of a Altera listserver? and Single/Dual > CPU > > > I agree with AJ about the merits of twin-CPU machines. > > I routinely do other tasks while running something lengthy in Protel (such > as DRC). During DRC (or printing in Acrobat, etc.), if you bring > up the CPU > resource monitor in W2K, you can see one CPU is running at near > 100%, while > the other is idling. You can then do something else with that other CPU > while the busy one is chewing on bits. If it was a single-CPU > machine, you > would just be waiting. > > I actually have been wondering for years where all the CPU cycles > go. Each > successive generation of software runs slower and slower, so you > have to buy > a faster computer to speed it up to where you were before. Are > cycle-wasting wait loops being coded into software libraries to slow it > down? It seems that the tech industry would have an incentive to do this. > Slower software begets new, faster hardware, which begets a new > OS license, > which begets more app bloat, which begets slower software... > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Anyone know of a Altera listserver? and > Single/Dual CPU > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: 7DC2E37B4E37C140B1FA7E2238A5606653EB8755 > * > ************************************************************************ > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
