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Conroe will undoubtedly be the greatest thing since slice bread in
terms of a single CPU when it arrives ...
However, as far as obsoleting everything else is concerned ...
Assuming that AB will one day in the not too distant future take
advantage of multiple CPU's in a box for optimization, a new single
chip anything will hardly be faster then the 50+ ghz that could be
cranked out by boards like this ...
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8qw.html
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dingo" <dingo@xxx> wrote:
>
> Nope. Core 2 was introduced this past Fri. Obsolete's everything
out
> now... Major score for Intel.
>
> The desktop name is "Conroe" and the laptop version of the new chip
is
> "Merom" (Intel Internal names). Core 2 is much faster and uses far
less
> power than their previous Pentiums.
>
> Here are some reviews:
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795
>
> http://www.legitreviews.com/article/362/1/
>
> http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/core2/index.x?pg=1
>
> And the announcement:
>
> http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2/?iid=search
>
> d
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phsst
> > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 5:43 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] Re: Speed Up Backtesting
> >
> > > Future: Tomasz has promised a muti-core aware optimizer
> > > New Intel Core2 will prolly double your performance
> > >
> >
> > d...
> >
> > I've got a fairly new Dell Inspiron 9400 w / Core Duo. Is
> > this what you are refering to with 'Core2'?
> >
> > I've read Intels' comments about improved multi-tasking
> > (threading?) abilities w the Core Duo, but to me it just
> > sounds like a bunch of new buzzwords that I'm not quite able
> > to decipher into a real function/benefit matrix.
> >
> > What changes does a developer like Tomasz have to make to
> > their software to take advantage of the new processors?
> >
> > BTW... the Inspiron 9400 is nice, and the only problem I've
> > experienced (three times) is with the display adapter failing
> > and causing a horizontal shift a couple of dozen times on the
> > display, requiring a re-boot to straighten out. I've
> > downloaded new Intel graphics card driver sofware, but the
> > infrequent problem still persists.
> >
> > Rgds... D
> >
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