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AMD shows off new triple core chips
- jacquesm 17y agoI know this is absolutely irrational, possibly to the same extent as it is irrational to feel weird about a 5 piston engine, but I really can't help myself, I find three an 'odd' number of cores to have in a CPU. Two, I'm fine with, four and eight are obviously better, but three ? It doesn't feel quite right. Of course there probably is absolutely no sound technical reason for that.
- edu 17y agoI've the same feeling, though in a rational way it's completely possible, feasible and w/o backsides (IMO). But feels... weird...
- 10ren 17y agoUpgrade to Ternary Computing! I'm waiting for the 3rd gen, 27 core processor. Actually, there's precedent: the Cell processor (PS3) has 9 cores (though one is redundant to increase yield).
- bensummers 17y agoIt's quite likely triple-core processors are quad-cores where one core failed testing, for the same yield reasons as the Cell.
- wmf 17y agoHence the rise of "overcoring", the process of re-enabling the fourth core.
- dchest 17y agoTriple-core chips perform better than dual-core processors, but cost less than quad-core chips. Unbelievable!