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Compilation is notoriously singlethreaded, generally speaking. I believe Apple has made a deliberate choice that quad core offers little benefit over dual core
by cletus 16y ago
Compilation is notoriously singlethreaded, generally speaking.
I believe Apple has made a deliberate choice that quad core offers little benefit over dual core with unjustifiably higher power usage.
So I wouldn't be surprised if the next gen is also dual core only.
I don't expect the MBP to die in the next gen either. Performance is much better than the Ars.
- wheels 16y agoCompilation is notoriously singlethreaded, generally speaking. make -j 2 There, now it needs multiple processes. Actually, default builds on OS X often do since it's building for the 2-4 architectures that OS X supports (ppc, ppc64, i386, x86_64).
- masklinn 16y ago> I believe Apple has made a deliberate choice that quad core offers little benefit over dual core with unjustifiably higher power usage. It's more along the lines of Intel not having any quad arrandale in acceptable TDPs.
- yuhong 16y agoYea, Sandy Bridge is the first 32nm quad-core with integrated graphics.