12 GB Ram and 6 Core
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March or April with the introduction of the Core i7 980X, but as the processor is $999, and the cost of DDR3 is inflated at the moment, you won't see them in many boutique PCs, much less the ones people build for themselves.
AMD is also introducing a hexa core processor around the same time, presumably name the Phenom II X6, but it's currently known by its codename, Thuban. Also, as the IMC on Phenom II struggles with larger memory capacities, it's likely that Thuban-based PCs will top out at around 8GB.
Outside of 2010, I doubt we'll ever get all that many hexa core CPUs. Octal core chips will be the name of the game in 2011 with the launch of Bulldozer and Sandy Bridge, while those chips which come off the line with bunk silicon will undoubtedly be knocked down to quad core.
If anyone is going to make a hexa core chip next year, it's probably AMD. They need every penny they can get far more than Intel does.
AMD is also introducing a hexa core processor around the same time, presumably name the Phenom II X6, but it's currently known by its codename, Thuban. Also, as the IMC on Phenom II struggles with larger memory capacities, it's likely that Thuban-based PCs will top out at around 8GB.
Outside of 2010, I doubt we'll ever get all that many hexa core CPUs. Octal core chips will be the name of the game in 2011 with the launch of Bulldozer and Sandy Bridge, while those chips which come off the line with bunk silicon will undoubtedly be knocked down to quad core.
If anyone is going to make a hexa core chip next year, it's probably AMD. They need every penny they can get far more than Intel does.
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With that much computing power what will we ever do? Figure out the entire number sequence for Pi?
What happened to the Processor they were creating that dedicated a core to computing graphics?
What happened to the Processor they were creating that dedicated a core to computing graphics?
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I'm much more curious as to what happened to those flying cars we were supposed to see ten years ago, if the last fifty years of science fiction are any indication.
What am I going to do on a hexa-core PC that I can't already do on my triple-core? I don't work for NASA.
Moving from 16-bit to 32 was big. From 32-bit to x64...also big. Moving from duo-core or quad-core to hexa-core-or-more, with software companies not even really trying to keep up? Yawn. Show me something impressive.
What am I going to do on a hexa-core PC that I can't already do on my triple-core? I don't work for NASA.
Moving from 16-bit to 32 was big. From 32-bit to x64...also big. Moving from duo-core or quad-core to hexa-core-or-more, with software companies not even really trying to keep up? Yawn. Show me something impressive.