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Originally Posted by farkedup
Actually the first CORE processor was technically the pentium 5.
Pentium 4 was the netburst architecture and the core was a totally different architecture. the Core 2 instead of having a high clock speed has lower clock speeds but simply processes nearly everything at a much faster rate than the first Core could.
I don't see Intel ever using the Pentium name again.
Also Quad core 2.5Ghz chips actually add up to 10Ghz. a 2.4Ghz quad core chip will set you back $275 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115017 overclock that ever so slightly and 10Ghz is already here.... |
ummm... just because a cpu has 2 or 4 cores doesnt make it 2 or 4 times as fast as a single core verison of the same cpu.
the increase in speed going from a single core to a dual core is actually only about 40%, not 100%.
and yes thats with all modern os's, from *nix, win32, win64, solaris, you name it.
alot of what transpires inside the cpu is still handled on a single core basis.