Comments on: Multiply is in. But will Viiv do fractions?

Intel's new marketing slogan: Multiply! Chipmaker to release a big ad campaign to promote dual-core processors.

[pokiri]

I think this will benefit Sun microsystems too

SUN micro has 8 core SPARC based chips , the systems based on which is selling like hot cake. Intel's campaign will benefit SUN too , since more folks become aware of throughput capability of multi core systems.

[pokiri]

This will benefit SUN too

Sun is having good ramp up of multi-core chip based servers. The more folks become aware of power efficiency & throughput of these multi-core systems the more the market opportunities for similar players.

[steve313]

a multiply error? really??

"The massive recall of the first generation of Pentium chips occurred because in rare circumstances the chips didn't multiply numbers correctly."

Wasn't it a DIVISION error?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug