[wplug] cores

[terry mcintyre]

It isn't easy to characterize the Intel line so
simply, there are so many variations.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2

Most people see a benefit with two cores, however
implemented, even on Windows, especially since that
malware magnet must spend a lot of CPU time checking
every incoming file for viruses. Having a 2nd core
allows it to do useful work meanwhile.

Beyond that, your mileage may vary. I'm happily using
a quad 6600, and keeping several CPUs maxed with a
study of Go-playing programs, which are extremely CPU
intensive.

--- "Brian A. Seklecki"
<lavalamp at spiritual-machines.org> wrote:

> 
> On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 21:21 -0500, Zach wrote:
> > dual-core vs core-duo ?
> 
> v.s. better code v.s. 30 amp PDUs
> 
> Generally the core-duo is the desktop line, and
> dual/quad-core is the
> Xeon server line (and the affiliated north/south
> bridge / MB chipset --
> and thus buses, RAID Controller, network.)
> 
> Its all marketing though -- CPUs really haven't
> gotten any faster since
> 2003 when the last genuine P4 3.2 was released, and
> more cores only
> helps some applications, some libraries/APIs, on
> some kernels
> 
> Luckily Linux and Apache is one such combination.
> 
> ~BAS
> 
> > 
> > zach
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