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Re:Intel Skylake Launch, with Architecture Analysis by Someone1234 on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:26AM (#10159853)
> Faster CPU means lower latency for all operations.

Not really. Per core CPUs have become slower and slower. It become about throughput and not raw per op speed a long time ago. Using that measure you'll want to install a Core Duo in your machine.

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Re:Intel Skylake Launch, with Architecture Analysis by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:30AM (#10159891)
Depends entirely what 'it' is. Rendering in parallel - sure. But still most apps are single-threaded.
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