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cirereyes
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« on: April 23, 2008, 02:56:22 pm » |
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I only hear about the famous 2 giants in the processor industry, I believe MAC computers formerly used Motorola processors but now they are shifting to Intel. Maybe there are still some more good processors out in the market that are cheaper, or there?s none.
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Xtreview
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2008, 03:56:38 pm » |
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Yes , like AMD and Via processor . Via are mainly used in low power device (Due to its low TDP requirement = energy economy = higher battery life ) .
Now Via processor are also available in some Eee notebooks .
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Intel Core i7 @ 4 GHZ :-)
Intel Core2 E8600 @ 6 GHZ
Intel Quad core @ 4200 Mhz ,
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 4700 Mhz,
Athlon X2 @ 3200 MHz .....
2x8800 ULTRA @ Vmod :-) .
4GB memory @ 1200 MHZ
2GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz (Under test)....
2*2900 XT No crossfire
2xHD 4870 X2
2xGTX 280
Geforce 4 MX.......
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huxley
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2008, 06:47:06 am » |
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AMD was the daddy until recently as far as I'm concerned. You got much more bang for your buck, they just ran a little hotter. They dropped the ball a bit over the last 18 months or so unfortunately.
There are also RISC/SPARC processors from IBM which are quite prevalent in enterprise solutions, mainly running Solaris boxes.
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sox7000
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2008, 02:19:37 pm » |
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SPARC processors designd by Sun Microsystems not IBM
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huxley
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 03:46:12 am » |
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SPARC processors designd by Sun Microsystems not IBM
The SPARC was at worst 'copied' and at best 'heavily influenced' by the original IBM design. |
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Xtreview
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2008, 11:46:26 am » |
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SPARC processors designd by Sun Microsystems not IBM
The SPARC was at worst 'copied' and at best 'heavily influenced' by the original IBM design. Totally agree |
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Intel Core i7 @ 4 GHZ :-)
Intel Core2 E8600 @ 6 GHZ
Intel Quad core @ 4200 Mhz ,
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 4700 Mhz,
Athlon X2 @ 3200 MHz .....
2x8800 ULTRA @ Vmod :-) .
4GB memory @ 1200 MHZ
2GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz (Under test)....
2*2900 XT No crossfire
2xHD 4870 X2
2xGTX 280
Geforce 4 MX.......
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« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2008, 10:34:43 pm » |
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yeah for many years SPARC processor was lauded as the only high-end business platform worth investing in and sales of SPARC-based servers and workstations were nearly as high as the prices.
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Tommy
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« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2008, 03:03:34 pm » |
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I only hear about the famous 2 giants in the processor industry, I believe MAC computers formerly used Motorola processors but now they are shifting to Intel. Maybe there are still some more good processors out in the market that are cheaper, or there?s none.
At one time Cyrix used to be a worthy competitor to both Intel and AMD. They used to make floating-point co-processors for Intel chips -- the Cyrix FPU was something of a legend back in the day. After that they tried their hand at designing processors, and thus came up with processors like the 5x86, he 6x86 and the M1. Ir's a bit ironic that what led to their downfall was the fact that the FPUs on the Cyrix processors were a bit underpowered. The integer units were lightning fast, although they did suffer from heat problems. Cyrix was later sold to Via. Some of Via's processors were actually desgned by Cyrix. |
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cirereyes
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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2008, 10:13:59 pm » |
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I only hear about the famous 2 giants in the processor industry, I believe MAC computers formerly used Motorola processors but now they are shifting to Intel. Maybe there are still some more good processors out in the market that are cheaper, or there?s none.
At one time Cyrix used to be a worthy competitor to both Intel and AMD. They used to make floating-point co-processors for Intel chips -- the Cyrix FPU was something of a legend back in the day. After that they tried their hand at designing processors, and thus came up with processors like the 5x86, he 6x86 and the M1. Ir's a bit ironic that what led to their downfall was the fact that the FPUs on the Cyrix processors were a bit underpowered. The integer units were lightning fast, although they did suffer from heat problems. Cyrix was later sold to Via. Some of Via's processors were actually desgned by Cyrix. So that explains why Cyrix is not around anymore.A friend of mine had a laptop with a Cyrix processor before, and I?ve noticed the overheating problem of it. If they were still around maybe prices of processors would drop fast due to stiff competition. |
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digitaljohn
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2008, 10:52:40 pm » |
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So that explains why Cyrix is not around anymore.A friend of mine had a laptop with a Cyrix processor before, and I’ve noticed the overheating problem of it. If they were still around maybe prices of processors would drop fast due to stiff competition.
Unfortunately it's nearly impossible for a third major company to start making processors again. It's just like how it is in graphics cards... there's really only room for two superpowers now. Any small or mid-size company is going to get bought out, run out, or sold out. I'd love to see a third company make processors though.  |
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2008, 11:01:39 pm » |
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There are ARM processors too, and ARM powers 98% of the mobile platform market. ARM = Lower performance than Atom, but = less heat = less power consumption = MORE battery life.  And there are rumours of VIA coming out with Isaiah processors of dual core, 45nm process at the end of 2009. |
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