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It seems that Intel has found a way around the major complaint about multi-core CPUs, which is that they run single-threaded applications slower than single-core CPUs: they’ve come up with a technology to shut down unused cores to boost the speed on the remaining active cores. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’ll probably help …
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Wow, those Swedes even have smarter bank robbers! 😉
Some fascinating evidence suggesting just that.
Sorry, but you’re not getting out of your credit card payments that easily. 😉
Always a handy skill to have.
[… T]he global economy is a creation of the nuclear age. Major powers find ways to get along because the cost of armed conflict between them has become unthinkably high. […] A very thought-provoking article. (Thanks, Ploni)
If this had happened a few years ago, I might have thought it meant something. 😉
This makes a lot more sense than Superman having half a dozen unexplainable abilities. (Yeah, only us geeks would try to explain the abilities of a super-fictional comic-book character in a scientific way. 😉 )
You’ve got to be kidding?!
This is certainly going to shake up the software industry.