What do you all think of Intel's new line of 64 bit chips? How do you think they'll stack up with AMD's. One thing's for sure, the L1 cache is still dinky and the fsb isn't integrated into the chip obviously. AMD's still got that anyway. Thanks everyone. http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/intel6xx/index.htm http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=19-116-198&DEPA=1
Intel's moving in the right direction, but I think AMD has the edge simply because they've had their stuff out longer. I'm pretty sure I'll be doing another AMD-based build whenever I upgrade again, but it's nothing against Intel. AMD happens to have the better performance for the money, and that's what speaks to me. I'm really curious to how things will be with dual-core CPU when they come out.
I hear the new Cell will blow anything away, because it will not be legacy, it will not have native x86 support. They're going all out on this one, new OS+new progs for it. I'm not saying I'll buy one, but it will be interesting to see it's capabilities compared to today's chips none the less.
The thing is, we live in a world where Windows is the driving force. True, Linux does support the Cell, but I'm not sure if Windows does. Even assuming that's true, x86 is a major part of the modern PC. I can't say if the Cell will go the way of Transmeta's Crusoe, but if it does make it to the PC, you shouldn't expect the market to suddenly flip over. Right now, I don't think the Cell is going to be targeting to replace the x86 architecure. x86 isn't the best architecture, but the way things panned out, it's the main one you have. I'd like to make some predictions, but the Cell is new enough that it's hard to see if it's really going to be an issue for x86 at all. It's far too early.
all my info was off 2 articles I read, without the cell in further developement you can assume a lot of their info were guesses
