Single Cores vs Dual Cores

[Swansen]

Its just kinda dawned on me, but i'm thinking that the limit on cores might be set at two, or as far as desktops go, well at least for a decent while. It just dawned on me, as the more cores you have the more heat you have (duh) so therefore lower clock speeds. So, i was thinking, and i realize the PC gaming market is a small one compared to everything else, but higher clock speeds generally work better with games, so if the trend continues, there will be more cores and lower clock speeds. So i was wondering if that will start to effect gaming, and there might possible be a return of real high clock speed single cores. Yeah, i know, thats all pretty far fetched but its a possibility.

 

[Addis]

More heat is not a necessity, it depends on the architecture of the processor. Core 2 Duo chips run cooler than some P4s. I would have to disagree with you here.

 

[Big B]

Additionally, a major contributor in heat is voltage. When you overclock, you don't start seeing leaps in temperatures until you start raising the voltage. As chips advance, you'll notice that they typically have a lower core voltage than the previous generation.

 

[zeus]

Yeah, voltages have definitely gone down. The thing is whats stopping them from making the size of the component bigger... the bigger it is the easier it is to cool.

 

[Swansen]

Yeah, voltages have definitely gone down. The thing is whats stopping them from making the size of the component bigger... the bigger it is the easier it is to cool.

Yeah exactly, that and theres more cores on one die, therefore more heat in one area, and its harder to cool.

 

[Karanislove]

i suggest u shud read about the new upcoming processor from AMD

 

[Matt555]

And with multi-threaded games coming out Dual-Core CPU's will outperform Single-Core CPU's of a similar clockspeed, multi-processing (parallel processing etc etc) is what's going to be the future, sure clockspeeds might get faster but with multi-threaded apps becoming more popular I can't see your logic working...

 

[Swansen]

ok, i'm not being completely serious about all this, it was just a kind of what if. I don't believe in anything of AMD's coming up stuff, anything they have coming up won't be around for a crap long time, like millenniums. Parallel processing is still a ways off, and i can't see, especially rate now, where it fits into current everyday desktop computing. Maybe one day when microsoft makes an operating system that takes up an unbelievable amount of computing space, then i can see parallel computing on regular machines.