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MojoKid writes “In the April time frame, details of Intel’s dual-socket 8-core system dubbed "V8" became available but only preliminary performance numbers were shown. The platform consists of quad-core Xeon processors in an Intel 5000X chipset-based motherboard, along with FBDIMM (Fully Buffered DIMM) serial memory. A follow-on article at HotHardWare goes into significantly more detail on the platform and showcases many more performance metrics on a Windows Vista 64-bit installation. The POV-Ray and Cinebench 95 benchmark numbers alone are something to smile about. ‘Intel’s V8 isn’t about promoting a platform as much as it is a show of strength and a glimpse of things to come. What V8 and QuadFX show is that both Intel and AMD are on a path to offering true, enthusiast-class, dual-socket platforms. And that’s a good thing. Perhaps AMD is a little further down the path thanks to a more tweaker-friendly motherboard in the QuadFX-compatible [...]
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madison writes to mention coverage at ZDNet on the future of Intel technology. Multicore chips are their focus for the future, and researchers at the company are working on methods to adapt them for specific uses. The article cites an example were the majority of the cores are x86, with some accelerators and embedded graphics cores added on for added functionality. “Intel is also tinkering with ways to let multicore chips share caches, pools of memory embedded in processors for rapid data access. Cores on many dual- and quad-core chips on the market today share caches, but it’s a somewhat manageable problem. “When you get to eight and 16 cores, it can get pretty complicated,” Bautista said. The technology would prioritize operations. Early indications show that improved cache management could improve overall chip performance by 10 percent to 20 percent, according to Intel.” madison also writes, “In another development news [...]
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Might E Mouse writes “While Intel’s 3-series chipsets support Robson/Turbo Memory, the general consensus amongst motherboard manufacturers at Computex is that we’re not going to see the technology on the desktop until next year at the earliest. Working modules are on display at the show, but they’re not going to be available to buy for a while.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Threaded writes with news from Ars that Intel has announced major updates to its C++ and Fortran tools. The new compilers are Intel’s first that are capable of doing thread-level optimization and auto-vectorization simultaneously in a single pass. “On the data parallelism side, the Intel C++ Compiler and Fortran Professional Editions both sport improved auto-vectorization features that can target Intel’s new SSE4 extensions. For thread-level parallelism, the compilers support the use of Intel’s Thread Building Blocks for automatic thread-level optimization that takes place simultaneously with auto-vectorization… Intel is encouraging the widespread use of its Intel Threading Tools as an interface to its multicore processors. As the company raises the core count with each generation of new products, it will get harder and harder for programmers to manage the complexity associated with all of that available parallelism. So the Thread Building Blocks are Intel’s attempt to insert a stable layer of [...]
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Kez writes “Over recent years coolers have grown increasingly exotic in design, striving for good cooling performance and low noise even with the most power hungry of CPUs. But sometimes that comes at a price, be it straining the motherboard’s socket to its limit, or the wallets of PC enthusiasts. Investigating which coolers do their job well without snapping your motherboard in two, HEXUS.net reviews 25 LGA775 coolers.”
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thejakebrain writes “Intel has built its 80-core processor as part of a research project, but don’t expect it on your desktop any time soon. The company’s CTO, Justin Rattner, held a demonstration of the chip for a group of reports last week. Intel will be presenting a paper on the project at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco this week. ‘The chip is capable of producing 1 trillion floating-point operations per second, known as a teraflop. That’s a level of performance that required 2,500 square feet of large computers a decade ago. Intel first disclosed it had built a prototype 80-core processor during last fall’s Intel Developer Forum, when CEO Paul Otellini promised to deliver the chip within five years.’”
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lisah writes “While the One Laptop Per Child project pulled itself together and shipped its first Beta machines, Intel was busy developing its own version, the Classmate PC. Inevitable comparisons will be made between the two (especially since OLPC’s chairman Nicholas Negroponte called Intel’s move “predatory”), so Linux.com’s Tina Gasperson and her kids took a Classmate PC for a test run to see how it does in the real world. The upshot? Good battery life, easy to use, and great with ketchup. ‘The Classmate is so adorably cozy it make you want to snuggle up on a comfy couch or lean back on some pillows on the floor while you surf. Good thing wireless is built right in. Too bad the typical Linux foibles apply. The first snag was having to log in as root to check the system configuration because the Classmate wouldn’t log on to the network. Something [...]
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mikemuch writes “The new P35 and G33 chipsets, codenamed ‘Bear Lake’ are now available. They have a new memory controller that supports DDR3 RAM at up to 1333MHz, a new southbridge, and will support the upcoming 45nm Penryn CPUs. They don’t yet have an actually new and different GPU — their GMA 3100 is pretty much the same as the GMA 3000 of the G965 chipset.”
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