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Intel Corp. is likely to discuss advantages of dual-core systems and possibly reveal some more information about its forthcoming processors with two processing engines at the Intel Developer Forum Fall 2004, a gathering for developers who use Intel’s technologies, that will be held early next month.

Dual-core processors can process two times more data per clock and handle more than one threads at once. This allows the whole system to perform a lot better under high load when running multiply processors. However, software makers still have to learn how to efficiently create software that takes advantage from multi-core designs.

Judi Goldstein, a Technical Consulting Engineer for the Intel Threading Tools in the Intel Software Products Division, will present her key-note “Exploiting Dual-Core Systems: the Intel Threading Tools” during IDF on the 7th of September, 2004.

The study will cover an array of important aspects of using Intel’s tool to enhance performance of multi-threaded and multi-core designs, including such questions as how to efficiently utilize dual-core systems using the Intel Threading Tools, the cost-effective way to deploy threaded software; how to improve productivity by creating threaded software that runs correctly with superior performance; how to avoid common threading pitfalls when porting software from uni-processor environments; how to solve threading correctness issues (bugs) with Intel Thread Checker; how to pinpoint threading performance bottlenecks with the Thread Profiler feature of Intel Threading Tools and possibly some others.

Intel Corp. promised to offer dual-core microprocessors for servers, workstations, desktops and mobiles in 2005. While it is pretty clear that mobiles will be based on Pentium M architecture and officially confirmed that high-end server offerings will use Itanium 2 architecture, Intel so far did not disclose any plans in regards its dual-core chips for desktops, workstations and mainstream servers.

Intel’s rivals, such as AMD, Sun and IBM have already detailed certain peculiarities of their dual-core strategy.

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Anemone, you don't know shit if it was from your arse, and held under your nose.

Intel is delibrately screwing around with EMT64/AMD64 as long as possible.

Itanium architecture is what they're really aiming for. You don't spend billions on R&D, to develop a 64bit architecture to throw it away for some competitor's implementation. That's just shooting yourself in the foot. Why do you think WinXP for AMD64/EMT64 is delayed and will be sold in OEM form? (ie: you have to buy it with a piece of hardware).

AMD64 is nothing to them, and if they can delibrately delay AMD64 and fuck it up, it paves the way for Itanium and variants to be in all markets. (server/workstation/desktop).

The overall process means that AMD64 is getting dragged into the gutter. This is what Intel wants. EMT64 is not advertised heavily. The feature is there because MS isn't gonna create another 64bit variant of Windows alongside AMD64, the don't have the manpower for it. Intel is essentially put into a position where they either add EMT64 or loose big OEM customers like Dell.

So they slap it in to satisfy OEM customers.

Intel has proven in the past that their "cheats" do work. (HT and SSE2)

Current example, Itanium II's IA-32 Execution Layer is an example of improving Itanium II's 32bit performance. Its far better than Itanium I in that, it now performs clock for clock equal to a Xeon. Previously 32bit was done with on die hardware...It was shit...Then they designed a software layer that runs on IA64...It whooops Itanium I's ass.

All Intel needs to do is scale to high speeds and provide more optimisations to their "Execultion Layer". This will not need software developer's to optimise 32bit apps for the Itanium II.

I won't be surprised if EMT64 is very even to AMD64 in performance...And not costing a cent more. (AMD's overcharging is gonna bite them in the ass when Intel is offering EMT64 versions of their CPUs at no extra cost. See how Intel is trying to say: "Look, we're gonna give you 64bit for free, while AMD is chargin a premium for it.)

The next fight is Itanium III vs K9, both true 64bit platforms. None of this half-breed 32bit/64bit "transition to 64bit" CPU bullshit.

I'm not a fan of either company. Intel and AMD can treat their customers like shit, because its business. Being a fan of a company is just plain stupid, your just asking for a serious ass fuck from either company. Just consider their products as tools for your uses and nothing else.

Hey "I"...Have even used an SMP setup before? Because it sounds like you have no clue either. Another no clue looser that hangs out at Xbitlabs.

SMP (and dual-core) allows you multi-task far heavier than some piece of shit P4 with HT, where no apps are multi-threaded. You can play Doom III while encoding a video. (Using processor affinity, you can assign each CPU for each tasks).

Its not that hard for software developers to re-organise their coding and compile it to be multi-threaded. Heck, Intel is already providing documents on how to do this. Its freely available on the web.

The only disadvantage of dual-core is that it won't be scaled to similar speeds as single-core CPUs. The heat problem is easily solved by using the Pentium-M architecture but with dual-channel memory and faster bus speeds.
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