[XCSSA] Old computers

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On Saturday 19 August 2006 09:09, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> first computer I actually "Owned" was a Vic 20, but I had been
> dealing with various 8088 models for a couple of years by then... the
> one "I" lusted after for the longest was the Atari 2600, the one that
> the "Hackers Quarterly was named after...

Actually.. 2600 the hacker zine is not named after the Atari 2600.  It's named 
after the frequency of 2600Hz that older phone systems used to use in their 
in-channel trunk switching signalling.  

> after the news recently on the QUAD core being all taped out and
> ready for further processing I am thinking that we will see this
> processor out before the end of the year Quad core for Christmas?

Hmmm.. I'm not so big on the dual and quad core procs.  With AMDs hyper 
transport system (an on die "4 port" CPU/BUS/Memory IO switch).. you really 
only one one proc per die to maximize CPU/Mem/BUS Xsfer speed.  I mean if you 
simply MUST have multiple processors I suppose more is usually better 
(computationally).. but from a system design perspective and RAM/BUS access 
perspective.. a two socket single core will outperform a same speed single 
socket dual core any time (it would seem anyway since you're not sharing the 
hypertransport switch on the die).

Bruce?  You have any insights here?

Tweeks