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Browsers that take advantage of multiple cores more effectively will accelerate the rate at which Intel circles the drain in consumer applications. EDIT: why t
by jjawssd 9y ago
Browsers that take advantage of multiple cores more effectively will accelerate the rate at which Intel circles the drain in consumer applications.
EDIT: why the downvotes? explain yourselves
- wmf 9y agoIntel isn't really circling the drain and their future woes are more likely to be caused by overall shrinking of the PC market, not by loss of market share to slower chips. As good as Ryzen is, it will probably only increase AMD's market share from 5% to 10% due to inertia and such. Speaking of browsers, they aren't really a good benchmark for 6-10 core processors since anything is going to be fast enough. Also, existing JS can't really be parallelized so I suspect even a magical browser would still benefit from single-thread performance.
- ryao 9y agoIt might be possible to do auto parallelization in some cases like what GCC can do: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/AutoParInGCC https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/AutoParInGCC Still, it might be even better if people would stop writing such JavaScript intensive websites. They are not very friendly to blind internet users.
- jshevek 9y agoI've enjoyed some comments you've made elsewhere, and don't want you to run afoul of HN rules and culture. I believe that discussing the fact of the downvotes is strongly discouraged on HN.