Yes There is transmeta, cyrix , via and maybe another few little ones, but
Im looking for the realistic affordable high end processor!
But what do you think 8 cores in 2008, 16 in 2009?


On Jan 31, 2008 2:57 PM, Shawn Tan <shawn.tan@aeste.net> wrote:

> On Thursday 31 January 2008 20:24:42 Tobias Gogolin wrote:
> > Im thinking as wide an as fast as possible (overclockable)
> > But in the real wold there are 2 big manufacturers and so far dual and
> quad
> > cores!
> > Im also very power conscious and I want to be conservative, so Im
> guessing
> > smallest feature size is best!
>
> Hehe, people tend to forget VIA. They've pretty much cornered the low end
> mini/nano/pico-itx business. And their latest Isaiah core is getting good
> reviews. I've always been a fan of VIA x86 processors.
>
> If you're extremely power conscious, look at VIA. I would be interested on
> how
> they compare with Geode processors though. AMD seems to only do Geode
> benchmarks againts other Geode processors.
>
> > Its funny the other day I was giving a presentation on parallel
> computing
> > and nobody guessed the actual transistor count that has been
> exponentially
> > rising with Moores law!
> > More than 300 Millions on a regular Graphics Processor, simply Amazing!
>
> I'm actually hoping that we'll see an end to the madness. I'm hoping that
> the
> transistor counts will stay constant or reduce. And I'm actually hoping to
> see different architectures come into the mainstream.
>
> Cheers.
>
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