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Old 02-04-2008, 10:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Intel crams 2 Billion transistors onto a chip..

N4G.com : Intel Crams 2 Billion Transistors Onto New Itanium Chip

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Old 02-05-2008, 11:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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wow.. overdoing it..
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Old 02-05-2008, 08:06 PM   #3 (permalink)
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i guesse they really wana sell this itanium, maximum pc has the itanium 1 on one of the worst faillures in pc history. along with the ibm hard drives.
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Default Re: Intel crams 2 Billion transistors onto a chip..

what does that mean? The transistors the better? How? Data travels faster?
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Default Re: Intel crams 2 Billion transistors onto a chip..

Transistors are smaller, resulting in faster output.
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