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Comments on: Intel ready to announce six-core chip

Chipmaker is expected later this month to announce the "Dunnington" processor--the first six-core processor and last of its Penryn-class chips.

by baisa September 3, 2008 9:44 PM PDT

So first we get announcements that a new product will be announced sometime. Then we get announcements of announcements.

Does this work, like, I am Intel, and to get CNET et al. to bark on command, I just need to send out a press release whenever??? So if I want CNET to preannounce my announce, I send them a press release, and WOOF WOOF, CNET jumps and barks and follows command? Or is it even more pathetic than this???

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by timber2005 September 4, 2008 6:44 AM PDT: Hey hey hey! This happens a lot.
Before Google Chrome was to be announced, it was announced it was going to be announced.
Apple just announed this week that new iPod announcements would be next tuesday.

Its called a "Press Release".; Like this


by Bruce.Axtens September 3, 2008 11:00 PM PDT: It's not just CNET. Remember the hoo-hah about Pakicetus? All the news services falling over each other in a mad rush to report this wonderful new fossil, touted as an ancestor of the whale. Then someone actually found a full skeleton -- and it turned out to be a rodent. No one thinks these days, they just parrot off childhood myths.; Like this Reply to this comment


by catbutt5 September 4, 2008 9:37 AM PDT: Considering the previous top of the line server xeon was the 3750 and it currently costs over $2,500, what's this chip going to cost? $3-4000 per chip? More?; Like this Reply to this comment


by hi0silver September 4, 2008 3:11 PM PDT: how about we halt the growth in size and resources of the software, fix the bugs and get things running at a nice pace under these quad and sixtuplets before we move on any further? ok? thanks!; Like this Reply to this comment


by fdunn3 September 4, 2008 4:50 PM PDT: 6 cores is great when someone finally designs the software to equally utilize them even in virtualization.
How about an API that allows different containers to use a seperate core for each? Then all they have to wory about then is 6 Cores trying to communicate over the same bus!

This is more tech show than practicality.; Like this Reply to this comment


by mrrogers07 September 5, 2008 1:59 AM PDT: They do its called Unix/Linux and Mac, it will be great for the scientific and video/CGI community.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Chuck Black September 5, 2008 2:03 AM PDT: So, can I plug this into my '08 Macpro?; Like this Reply to this comment


by JimMcDish September 5, 2008 5:04 AM PDT: Amazing, they just keep getting faster and faster and faster dont they.

Jiff
www.anonymize.kr.tc; Like this Reply to this comment

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