NeoGen
06-01-2005, 02:52 AM
Just looking at the yahoo news on the left... :P
It seems desktop dual core AMD chips have been launched. :)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't dual core chips slower at running simple applications (not prepared for multiprocessing) because each core is significantly slower than a nowadays chip?
The gain is in running multiprocessor ready software right? The kind that divides the work for both cores or is capable of running a full instance of itself in each core.
It seems desktop dual core AMD chips have been launched. :)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't dual core chips slower at running simple applications (not prepared for multiprocessing) because each core is significantly slower than a nowadays chip?
The gain is in running multiprocessor ready software right? The kind that divides the work for both cores or is capable of running a full instance of itself in each core.