5 "Secrets" of Dual core CPUs

Now when it comes to processors, the word "double core" should inevitably be talked about. Looking at the full street dual-core processor ad from Intel Corporation, no one would suspect that 2006 would be a dual-kernel processor. But from the various reports of the relevant dual-core processor, I find that many of the places are inaccurate and misleading to consumers. So I'm going to go through today's article to introduce you to the increasingly popular dual core processor, this time I will tell you about the dual core processor Five things, maybe these five things you do not know at present.

Intel and AMD are not the first manufacturers to launch dual core processors

Now in the market I believe that you can see the dual core processors that Intel and AMD have launched. In fact, these two companies are not the first to launch a dual-core processor, the real first to launch a dual-core processor is actually IBM, as early as 2001, IBM in the "Deep Blue" computer equipped with dual core Power 4 processor, And the same year in IBM's RISC server products are also equipped with dual core Power 4 processor. The difference, however, is that the dual core Power 4 processor is a X86-architected server processor. AMD and Intel, on the other hand, unveiled their dual-core processor program in 2004, and only 2005 years after the launch of their dual-core processors. AMD's dual-core processors include dual-core Opteron server processors and dual-core Athlon 64 processors, while Intel's dual-core processors also include dual-core Pentium processors and dual-core Xeon processors.

IBM is also the leader of the game in mobile processors. As early as 2005, IBM launched the PowerPC 970FX, but this processor is not a X86 structure. But in the X86 processor market, Intnel became the first company to launch a dual-core notebook processor, but the first use of the processor was Apple's imac.

The introduction of dual core processor is a forced

Perhaps a lot of people will not think that the introduction of dual core processor is to force rather than two processors to take the initiative to attack. In fact, Intel and AMD are most likely to continue to upgrade the core frequency of a single core processor, but once the core frequency of the processor reaches 3G, the processor's power consumption will become their biggest problem. In fact, in 2005 Intel stopped the launch of a core frequency of up to 4G Tejas processor, from the relevant roadmap we can see that the processor's power consumption will be more than 100W. In addition, as the core frequency of the single core processor has been increasing, new requirements have been made for the relevant heat dissipation parts, so that you have to equip them with an increasingly large heatsink and a more power dissipation fan to ensure that the processors work within a safe temperature range.

The introduction of dual-core processors has given the chip manufacturers the opportunity to continue to improve processor performance, while the heat generated by the chip does not cause them much trouble.

Nearly half of the users will not need to use a dual core processor

According to a recent survey, about 48% of computer users still don't know what a dual-core processor is, nearly three years after AMD officially launched its Opteron processor. Of course, in the field of professional application is not the same result, like the data center administrators and CIOs workers are very concerned about the benefits of dual-core processors for their work.

According to the survey, about 42% of PC users say they are familiar with dual-core processors. 52% of the people will be very concerned about this technology, and only about 12% of users with dual-core computers. But that ratio should rise quickly, as market research reports suggest that the dual core processor will replace a single core processor at an annual rate of 15-25%, and Intel has said it plans to ship 60 million dual core processors in 2006.

On the other hand, Intel and AMD have each opened a new page in Hollywood. Intel has recently held an "Intel Indies Film Contest" contest, with the prize of rewarding a computer that supports ViiV technology for the winner. AMD also held a similar game, while AMD said the company's dual core Athlon X2 processor will bring content authoring and multimedia performance to a new level.

Dual core processors are not the top technology

It may not be a few years. Dual core processors will be described as "old technology" because Inel is planning to launch 4 core server processors in 2007, and AMD is ready to launch a core processor.

In the near future, Intel Corporation will also be ready to launch the 8 core server processor code-named Yorkfield. AMD, on the other hand, said it would increase the core number of processors to more than two by 2007. To a X86 processor, Sun is now starting to ship a server product with 8 core processors.