Allen
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Joined: Oct 1999
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Ohio USA
Regarding the future of competition. As we've noted here -- the future will be all about "core count". A quad core will become the new "bottom of the line" - even for Intel. Doubtless, software and games will be programmed accordingly.
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Intel’s Flagship 9th Generation Core i7-9700K To Pack 8 Cores, 16 Threads – Core i5 Upgrade To 6 Cores, 12 Threads and Core i3 Gets Quad Cores With 8 Threads
Based on the recent Intel leaks, Chinese sources are further reporting through information acquired from motherboard makers in Taiwan that Intel’s next generation, 9th generation flagship will pack more cores than the current fastest mainstream processor...