Comments on: Waiting for Next Generation CPU Architecture http://jacobsantos.com/2008/computers/waiting-for-next-generation-cpu-architecture/ Rumblings, rants, essays, stories by Jacob Santos about Web Site Development, Persistent Browser-Based Games, personal journal, and Programming. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:54:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection By: Jacob Santos http://jacobsantos.com/2008/computers/waiting-for-next-generation-cpu-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-33400 Jacob Santos Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:24:25 +0000 http://www.santosj.name/?p=668#comment-33400 From how it read on Wikipedia, it sounded like they were working on Fusion for over 2 years now and would be the next generation CPU. If that is the case and it is easy enough to find out in 6 months, then well it wouldn't matter anyway. My next two machines are going to be a file server and a media server (bunch of TV Tuners and lots of hard drive space). Those two machines don't really need GPU core or Fusion. I will like to see the AM3 quad cores though. The current generation would suffice, but I won't have the money for a while. I was unclear, I plan on upgrading my current machine that I use for development and mild game play. Who has time for playing games when you code 12 to 16 hours a day? Not me or at least not if I want to complete projects in a deadline. The CPU is kind of slow and could use 2.0+ CPU. Don't really need quad or dual cores, but hey couldn't hurt. From how it read on Wikipedia, it sounded like they were working on Fusion for over 2 years now and would be the next generation CPU. If that is the case and it is easy enough to find out in 6 months, then well it wouldn’t matter anyway.

My next two machines are going to be a file server and a media server (bunch of TV Tuners and lots of hard drive space). Those two machines don’t really need GPU core or Fusion. I will like to see the AM3 quad cores though. The current generation would suffice, but I won’t have the money for a while.

I was unclear, I plan on upgrading my current machine that I use for development and mild game play. Who has time for playing games when you code 12 to 16 hours a day? Not me or at least not if I want to complete projects in a deadline. The CPU is kind of slow and could use 2.0+ CPU. Don’t really need quad or dual cores, but hey couldn’t hurt.

]]> By: mdmadph http://jacobsantos.com/2008/computers/waiting-for-next-generation-cpu-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-33397 mdmadph Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:23:26 +0000 http://www.santosj.name/?p=668#comment-33397 Unified GPU/CPU? Are you talking about AMD's "Fusion" project? You might be waiting a big longer than 6 months for that, and I don't think Intel is even trying for a unified GPU/CPU right now. Not to mention that any unified solution is going to be slow -- "cheap" is what companies are shooting for in this situation, I'd say. But there's no need to wait -- if you're needing a new gaming PC, get someone you know (who knows hardware) to price you a good, affordable (but fast) one right now -- there's never a need to wait. Something faster is _always_ right around the horizon, so there's really no need to wait. :D Unified GPU/CPU? Are you talking about AMD’s "Fusion" project? You might be waiting a big longer than 6 months for that, and I don’t think Intel is even trying for a unified GPU/CPU right now. Not to mention that any unified solution is going to be slow — "cheap" is what companies are shooting for in this situation, I’d say.

But there’s no need to wait — if you’re needing a new gaming PC, get someone you know (who knows hardware) to price you a good, affordable (but fast) one right now — there’s never a need to wait. Something faster is _always_ right around the horizon, so there’s really no need to wait. :D

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