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Old January 27, 2008, 03:35 PM
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okay i have a friend who says that multicore cpu's clockspeed is equal to the clockspeed*amount of cpu's. I'm quite sure thats wrong, i just want confirmation. and if im wrong... damnit xD
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Old January 27, 2008, 04:02 PM
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You're in the clear.

Does he think Intel would miss the chance to market their 12 GHz processor? ;)
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Old January 27, 2008, 04:36 PM
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It's pretty silly to say it that way now, but when ALL apps are heavily multithreaded it might make sense. Besides, what bearing does frequency have on performance anymore? It's useless for cross comparing products that aren't exactly the same in all respects but frequency.
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