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   #20. Posted at 06:21 PM on Jun 17th 2008 Edit   Reply
0g1
Isn't PC3-2000 DDR3 16GB/s and on 3 channels 48GB/s? Seems to be selling himself a bit short there....
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#20, Nehalem will use DDR3-1333 memory upon release, so the bandw...  :  z-d  (#21)  «

   #1. Posted at 11:37 PM on Jun 16th 2008 Edit   Reply
cegras
I've always wondered if rapid switching of multipliers and frequencies and voltage can hurt a processor.

E.g., speed step / cool and quiet combined with WCG, which doesn't use a steady 60% of the processor but rather spikes workloads to simulate over some period of time.

Anyone know?
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#1, In general, spiking is more harmful than smoother waveforms ...  :  Buub  (#2)  «
#2, You say spiking is more harmful, but then you go on to sa...  :  FireGryphon  (#6)  «
#6, You're right. Clearly Intel's engineers are unaware of...  :  A_Pickle  (#7)  «
#7, No one's answered his question yet. A lot of fancy ...  :  Spotpuff  (#13)  «
#6, No, that's not what I said. This new design is much smo...  :  Buub  (#18)  «
#18, Yeah, that's how I read this too. But it's really v...  :  UberGerbil  (#19)  «
#1, VIA's C7 pulls off seamless frequency switching with no ill-...  :  Prototyped  (#4)  «
#1, I don't think so.  :  eitje  (#14)  «
#14, Seconded... I don't have a great deal of experience with ...  :  d2brothe  (#15)  «
#1, I can't think of a reason why it would. Traditionally the th...  :  UberGerbil  (#17)  «

   #8. Posted at 06:36 AM on Jun 17th 2008 Edit   Reply
Anomymous Gerbil
Cyril, Cyril, Cyril.. it's "prodigious", not "prodigal".
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#8, That was an editing change, but it could be either, really: h...  :  Cyril  (#16)  «

   #3. Posted at 01:03 AM on Jun 17th 2008 Edit   Reply
ssidbroadcast
All of that sounds good except for that last part. I'm wary of another Netburst moment.
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#3, I don't think Intel will make that mistake again. Ever.  :  davidedney123  (#5)  «
#5, I wouldn't be so optimistic about that. Major Corporation...  :  lex-ington  (#9)  «
#5, I don't see how this is another netburst moment, netburst...  :  d2brothe  (#10)  «
#10, Yeap, NetBurst was primarily motivated by Marketing. Th...  :  stmok  (#12)  «

   #11. Posted at 10:11 AM on Jun 17th 2008, Edited at 10:11 AM on Jun 17th 2008 Edit   Reply
Spotpuff
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