We saw the next generation of Intel hardware during this week at Intel?s developer forum. This hardware promises vastly greater performance or vastly less power consumption in what could be a completely new class of devices.
Multi-Core Kicks out MHz
Since the beginning of the PC, we have measured performance by MHz; Intel is signaling that is about to end, however, as they focus on adding cores rather than just speed to increase performance. They are currently selling two core products and indicated they have four core products in the development process, with more and more cores likely to follow. As the parts flow to market, this move should dramatically increase your ability to multi-task and more effectively have your computer address threats like viruses and serve several users at once. The second capability is thought to be critical for media distribution in the home and it certainly could make games vastly more complex and realistic over time.
