Re: XPS to IDS - a positive note for all from the road
On Aug 31, 8:23 am, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > Assuming a single-CPU Intel box again: > Is that a single-CPU die, or single-CPU core? Intel, AMD and Sun are all introducing multi core chips. (I'd mention IBM, but I'm not up on the latest changes to their chip line, or how their cell technology fits in. Besides IBM also sells Intel based X-Series) So how does that effect pricing. I mean heck we have dual core laptops these days... > But, er, hey! What do I know? It's not like I'm sitting here naked and > blogging! > > Oh wait, I am! > That is a sad sick image.
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > On Aug 31, 8:23 am, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > > > >> Assuming a single-CPU Intel box again: >> >> > Is that a single-CPU die, or single-CPU core? > > Intel, AMD and Sun are all introducing multi core chips. > (I'd mention IBM, but I'm not up on the latest changes to their chip > line, or how their cell technology fits in. Besides IBM also sells > Intel based X-Series) > > So how does that effect pricing. I mean heck we have dual core laptops > these days... > In this specific case, it doesn't. A single-core CPU is 100 PVUs, and a dual-core is 50PVUs per core. Oh. I didn't realise Intel did a quad-core. Shows you how much I know. Quad-core is also 50 PVUs per core. So it could, but I wasn't trying to get that fancy. >> But, er, hey! What do I know? It's not like I'm sitting here naked and >> blogging! >> >> Oh wait, I am! >> >> > That is a sad sick image. > Truth hurts. :o( -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
On Sep 4, 8:04 am, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > On Aug 31, 8:23 am, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > > >> Assuming a single-CPU Intel box again: > > > Is that a single-CPU die, or single-CPU core? > > > Intel, AMD and Sun are all introducing multi core chips. > > (I'd mention IBM, but I'm not up on the latest changes to their chip > > line, or how their cell technology fits in. Besides IBM also sells > > Intel based X-Series) > > > So how does that effect pricing. I mean heck we have dual core laptops > > these days... > > In this specific case, it doesn't. A single-core CPU is 100 PVUs, and a > dual-core is 50PVUs per core. > > Oh. I didn't realise Intel did a quad-core. Shows you how much I know. > Quad-core is also 50 PVUs per core. So it could, but I wasn't trying to > get that fancy. > > >> But, er, hey! What do I know? It's not like I'm sitting here naked and > >> blogging! > > >> Oh wait, I am! > > > That is a sad sick image. > > Truth hurts. :o( > What? The ignorance that you didn't know that Intel did quad cores? Or that grotesque picture of you surfing the net nakid? The problem with pricing is how IBM determines what a core is. Intel's core is one thing. IBM's Cell? How many cores there? Or the new Sun Rock architecture? Not all cores are equal and when it comes to creating a solution, its all part of the pricing game.