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To: mamelukesabre

It is a single very large chip...and they are having trouble with the yield....see link at #32...and then post #3 on that thread. .


37 posted on 10/01/2009 1:15:59 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

HOLY MOLY!!!!

That’s insane.

3 billion transistors seems a little low for that many cores though. A current quad core i7 CPU from intel has almost a billion transistors. The six and eight core i9 CPUs will probably have 2 billion or more transistors. I would think.

I’m having a hard time imagining what software an average joe is going to run that will make full use of computer power 5 years from now.


41 posted on 10/01/2009 6:11:33 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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