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Tuesday, February 8, 2005
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Where does all the processing speed go? "Computers are getting faster all the time, or so they tell us. But, in fact, the user experience of performance hasn't improved much over the past 15 years. Peter looks at where all the processor time and memory are going." [via Slashdot]
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Cell revealed -- Comment()
Superchip: the next generation: "Cell's most impressive feature was its nine 'cores', which mean it can perform nine separate tasks simultanously. Most conventional microchips can perform only one task at a time. Each one of the Cell's 234 million transistors, meanwhile, has been highly tuned to handle video and music data."
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