[Ti] [OT] multi-core chips / more speed

[Chris Olson]

On Apr 10, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:
> Perhaps none of these will be suitable (too hot too much power, is 
> always the explanation) for lWindoze aptops

Not only that, there's few apps on the PC written for dual processors, 
so any apps that take advantage of dual-core cpu's will have to be 
re-written.

> How does the current/future PowerPC architecture fit in to this 
> picture?

There's already dual-core G4 processors, and dual-core G5's are under 
development.  The Power4 and Power5 have been dual-core for quite some 
time.  I'd say the Power architecture is considerably more advanced 
than x86.  In fact, vastly more advanced than x86.  x86 just has lots 
of marketing hoopla.
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Chris