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Article: Hi-grade Ultis Tachyon QX6700.(Product/service evaluation)
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- Personal Computer World
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- November 10, 2006
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Byline: Emil Larson
Hi-grade Ultis Tachyon QX6700
Quad core is here, but software developers are playing catch-up
This Hi-grade PC hides something new at its heart: Intel's new quad-core chip, the Core 2 Extreme QX6700.
With the gigahertz wars seemingly over, it marks another step forward in ramping up the number of cores in a processor; multiple cores allow you to do more at the same time without a computer becoming slow or unresponsive. Incredibly, Intel hopes to continue increasing the number of cores to 80 over the next five years.
The Core 2 Quad is two Core 2 Duos fitted together in a single package. As a result, the ...