I found this article helpful. The author compares the new AMD 2300 quad core with current Intel quad core systems. <br><br><a href="http://techreport.com/articles.x/13176/1">http://techreport.com/articles.x/13176/1</a><br>
<br>Regards,<br>John<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">andrew holway</b> <<a href="mailto:andrew@moonet.co.uk">andrew@moonet.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was asking a similar question a couple of weeks ago and was unable<br>to get a definite answer.<br><br>I mostly gathered that amd's decision to build quad core from scratch<br>rather than just bolt two duals together has meant that Barcelona is
<br>basically a bit naff. Lots of innovative stuff in there but not quite<br>working properly yet.<br><br>The benchmark boys that test these things have said that harpertown is<br>worth the wait but I would imagine not as interesting Q2 2008 when AMD
<br>lick barcelona into something sexy.<br><br>I have heard Q4 2008 will bring 32 & 64 core chips. :)<br><br>ta<br><br>Andy<br><br>On 08/10/2007, Barnet Wagman <<a href="mailto:b.wagman@comcast.net">b.wagman@comcast.net
</a>> wrote:<br>> I'm moving towards setting up a small cluster (my first), and am<br>> thinking about using Intel quad core processors. However, I'm a little<br>> concerned about memory contention. I'm (tentatively) going to have one
<br>> processor per node (this appears to be the cheapest way to go), but I<br>> still wonder whether four cores will choke Intel's memory architecture.<br>> (AMD's Barcelona may be better in this regard, but it doesn't seem to be
<br>> available yet, at least not through retail channels).<br>><br>> I'd like to hear any opinions on this issue. And if you've used quad<br>> core processors, I'd certainly like to hear about your experiences
<br>> (including which processor you've used).<br>><br>> thanks<br>><br>><br>> PS I couldn't find any discussion of Intel's quad core processors in the<br>> archive, but if I missed one, please point me to it.
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