http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=798&num=1


i'm assuming this is what intel/amd will go next... more threads per core(hyperthreading+)?...

any ideas on how the industry will head next?

This post has been edited by jinaun: Aug 7 2007, 11:01 PM

IMHO
AMD were already using similar techniques in their K5 series of processors for the home PC users.
Using RISC technology and doing more per cycle.
Now the trend is to add more performance without generating too much heat and consuming too much power.
Thats why they gone dual core I suppose but Intel's FSB problems will still haunt them.
AMD doesn't do FSB thats why they can add cores/processors like crazy which is why they still dominate the server market.

I don't think it will go more than 4 cores after AMD comes out their "true" 4 core processor for sometime.
They will probably add more speed and tricks until software catches up.
If not we'll all suffer.

Theorectically a 4ghz 4 core system running on unoptimized system will only use one core thus you've only got 1ghz.

LOL it still can't do X86

http://realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT090406012516

Intel and AMD have already detailed their general plans for the next few years. That will give you an idea on where the industry will head.


K5 is so old, i don't think the comparison is valid anymore. A 4ghz system runs at 4ghz whether you use one core or 4.


of course not, they don't have a x86 license.

hmm.. to go thread level parallelism or instruction level parallelism?

Both TLP and ILP are important. In complex x86, pure TLP is not the best approach as there are many dependencies in code. A dual core CPU without OOO can hardly beat a single core OOO CPU even they run at the same clock speed.