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Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz by Joky on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @10:15AM (#17237760)
The law is about transistors I believe, not about frequency or performance, isn’t it?
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Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz by leetcrew on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @10:25AM (#17237873)
as originally formulated, yes, but no one really cares about transistor density itself; we care because it correlates well with performance.
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Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz by newman314 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @11:55AM (#17238874)
Not quite 5ghz. We have P8 based E880Cs running SAP @ 4.95ghz, iirc.
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