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An AMD 3.0GHz Thuban processor is in the shops
A SIX-CORE 3.0GHz Thuban processor from AMD has been seen in some of the European e-tailer websites.
AMD has not provided any details about any six-core chips officially other than the current 1090T and 1055T so this release is a bit of a surprise.
The new CPU has been dubbed the Phenom II X6 1075T and it is clocked at 3.0GHz, which is conveniently between the 1090T and 1055T.
The 1075T uses the same Thuban specifications, but it does come as part of the unlocked BE series.
US readers will have to wait for the chip, as for once as we have not been able to find it advertised anywhere across the pond. The 1075T is retailing for €230-€240.
However it probably will not do that well. Most applications still do not use six cores properly. Intel's 2.93 GHz Core i7 870 has dropped to $290, and the unlocked multiplier Intel Core i7 875K is available at $330. All this means is that the new AMD chip will probably get its bottom kicked in any applications that do not use all six cores.
But if you have heavily multithreaded applications, the AMD CPU will be a star at a really good price.
AMD has told us that the chips should not be advertised at the moment and that it will be having a quiet word with the e-tailers. We suspect though that the cat is out of the bag now and an official release can only be a few days away. µ
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I'm running Fedora 13 and Firefox (and also logged in on 8 ttys besides). There are no other apps running on the GUI right now.
My status bar shows the speed of both CPU's - normally sitting at 800Mhz. By scrolling this page quickly, or typing fast, I can jump them both to 2.10Ghz.
Opening applications generally only spikes one. But Linux, it appears, uses both cores effectively. Or at least feels a need to speed them both up.
Saw it at cyberpowerpc.com a few days back on their website when configuring an AMD system, Its $40 less than the 1090T.
whilst compressing a video. Multi core support is available for most video compression codecs. I do this a lot and compression on a 4 core machine is roughly 2.5 times faster than on a single core.
Unless the virus scan is actually scanning a non system HDD, all of the things you listed can be handled fine by a single core CPU with adequate memory. Right now I have word, firefox, ie8 vlc, uTorrent (actively downloading), ps3 media server, avast, and itunes open, all of which are using between 0-1% CPU. When I play a 480p Xvid the usage jumps to 1-2%, a 720p mkv pushes it to 4-5%. Windows reports this as a percentage of my "8" cores, so I would be using about 40% of a single CPU. Right now all I need is to have an adequate amount of RAM to get by. If on the other hand you are compiling some big code or crunching numbers on a CPU then you will really benefit from multiple cores.
Multi tasking seldom involves fully utilizing a core. It's sad but I miss the days when Moore's law actually led to an improvement in real world (personal) computing power.
I don't understand why people keep saying that multi-cores are not necessary. Regardless of what application I bring up, there are always other tasks running on the background such as anti-virus & active firewalls. Do people only really focus on one thing? If I'm just writing a document, every so often I would surf to get a break, may view an avi or mkv movie and I don't necessarily shut it down. Most people now multi-task, so you need multi-core. Imagine using only one core to do all those things? Of course if you're a very boring person, well, maybe one core would be sufficient.
...for msot software to use a dual core CPU effectively. We can't even get uniform 64-bit software let alone multi-core funtional basic software.
Geesh...
Black Edition is sign of Higher Quality, yet heres few more specs:
CMOS: 45nm SOI
Socket: AM3, micro-PGA 938-pin
AMD Business Class: No
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