On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 05:58:18PM +0100, Ian bell wrote:
My view too because of all the possible ways to answer the question 'What's dual core?' they chose not 'it goes twice as fast as a single core' nor 'you get the same computing power for less electrical power' both of which are pretty much unique properties of dual core, they
Except, if you'd said dual core is twice as fast as a single core you'd be lying, you're more likely to see a maximum performance benefit of ~70% by the time you've taken into shared access of other components into account.
Thanks Adam