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u_rebelscum:
Hz is not the best way to state the computing speed of a CPU.  Look at any Core 2 Duo vs AMD Dual Core vs P4 dual core comparison, and you'll see the CPU with the highest GHz speed (P4) is the slowest in most tests, and never the fastest.

That "10 GHz" number is relative to the P4 "performance per Hz" speeds.  You might be able to do the equivalent on a 6 GHz Core 2 Solo, which looks like it will be possible in the "near future" with the Core 2 Duo reviews and overclock results being posted out there.

(Of course, the 10 GHz number is just an estimate, and the bench marks used are not mame, and maybe the current overclocking is the max the chip will ever go, so I may be wrong.)
krick:

--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on August 09, 2006, 10:58:32 pm ---I recently got my hands on the CHD file for Gaunlet Dark Legacy.  It is called gauntdl.chd.  Man I run the game, and it studders and is laggy so much the sound even echos.  I run a video card of Radeon x800XT and I also have an AMD 64 3200+ chip with 1 GB of RAM.  Anyway to get this game to speed up.  I am using Mame .106

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Even using an optimized MAME build and the fastest CPU, video card, and hard drive you can get your hands on plus 2GB of memory, you'll be lucky to get 20 frames per second.  It's simply not playable on any hardware that currently exists.
Hockeyboy:
I work for Intel, in a chip manufacturing facility and I can tell you that there is no way using current technologies that we (or anyone else) can make a 10 GHz chip -- as others have posted, the use of multiple CPUs on one chip (the new Core Duo and Core Duo 2/Extreme) are going to be the only way to get to that number. However, it will be quite some time before a computer can get there.  :cry:
krick:

--- Quote from: Hockeyboy on August 11, 2006, 06:11:09 am ---I work for Intel, in a chip manufacturing facility and I can tell you that there is no way using current technologies that we (or anyone else) can make a 10 GHz chip -- as others have posted, the use of multiple CPUs on one chip (the new Core Duo and Core Duo 2/Extreme) are going to be the only way to get to that number. However, it will be quite some time before a computer can get there.  :cry:

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I don't believe that multiple CPUs/cores are going to solve the problem since many tasks are just not adaptable to parallelization.

The key, as AMD proved and Intel finally realized, is to do more work per clock cycle using as little power as possible.  Extreme overclockers have proved that 5-6GHz CPUs are possible as long as you get rid of the heat.  With improvements in process technology, I'm sure we'll see power consumption go down enough for 6GHz on air to eventually be a reality.  Combine that with an efficient core that does more work in less cycles and we may get there yet.

brophog:

--- Quote ---With improvements in process technology, I'm sure we'll see power consumption go down enough for 6GHz on air to eventually be a reality.
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I don't really think so. We've been squeezing blood from a turnip for a while now in the current technology and it's amazing what they've been able to squeeze out so far. New switching technologies have been in the works for a while now, it's just a process to get them market ready.
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