Windows and Linux Not Well Prepared For Multicore Chips (Slashdot)
Posted by adminMar 23
Mike Chapman points out this InfoWorld article, according to which you shouldn’t immediately expect much in the way of performance gains from Windows 7 (or Linux) from eight-core chips that come out from Intel this year. “For systems going beyond quad-core chips, the performance may actually drop beyond quad-core chips. Why? Windows and Linux aren’t designed for PCs beyond quad-core chips, and …
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