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News IBM rumoured to be exiting chip making business

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Gareth Halfacree, 7 Feb 2014.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Gareth Halfacree, 7 Feb 2014
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  2. schmidtbag

    schmidtbag What's a Dremel?

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    PPC had its moment but I'd say its ready to retire. If you want high parallelization, SPARC is better. If you want super high parallelization, GPUs are better. If you want low-power, ARM is better. If you process low parallelization with high complexity, x86 is better. On top of all of that, I get the impression AMD's current offerings perform roughly the same as PPC but at a much lower cost.
     
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  3. greigaitken

    greigaitken Minimodder

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    what happened to IBM's nano water cooling?
    Could've used that on my 290
     
    greigaitken, 8 Feb 2014
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    itrush07 Minimodder

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    Oh, looks like they're cooking up for something new then?
     
    itrush07, 8 Feb 2014
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    Now is AMDs chance to buy some new fabs!
     
    SinxarKnights, 9 Feb 2014
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  6. greigaitken

    greigaitken Minimodder

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    AMD + buy..... lol
     
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