PC Perspective writes in its IDF writeup about Intel’s upcoming Dunnington device with six cores on a die. Another break from the 2-4-8 powers-of-two progression. Feels oddly refreshing, even if it is really nothing very strange about it. Just like AMDs triple-core.
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AMD three-core Phenom
Spotted at EETimes.com – Odd move: AMD plans three-core CPU . Interesting that someone in the mainstream finally breaks the 1-2-4-8 progression that seems to be the norm.