{"id":2169,"date":"2013-05-14T12:31:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=2169"},"modified":"2013-05-14T12:31:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T16:31:07","slug":"desktop-chips-zip-along-to-faster-speeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/05\/14\/desktop-chips-zip-along-to-faster-speeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Desktop chips zip along to faster speeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2038581\/desktop-chips-zip-along-to-faster-speeds.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/nccomputertech.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/amd_logo-100027505-large.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mobility has all but eclipsed speed and anything else as the capability garnering the most attention in desktop processors.<br \/>\nToday, the chip world is seemingly focused on producing low power chips with integrated graphics accelerators that perform swiftly and extend battery life.<br \/>\nMany of these chips run well under 2 GHz, which is more than enough to enable vendors to create fast and fan-less tablets and laptops, such as the Samsung Chromebook.<br \/>\nBut clock rate speeds still matter to some.<br \/>\nAMD this month, without any real fanfare, announced in a blog post that it had updated its FX processing line, which now includes a 4-core FX-4350 with a 4.2 GHz base and the capability of hitting 4.3 GHz for some workloads, its highest desktop speed yet.<br \/>\nBut in terms of overall performance AMD says its 8-core FX-8350, released in October, with a 4.0 GHz base and 4.2 GHz Max Turbo, may deliver the best results in multi-threaded environments, despite slightly less speed.<br \/>\nThis true for Intel as well. Clock speed is only one aspect of performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2038581\/desktop-chips-zip-along-to-faster-speeds.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/nccomputertech.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/intel_primary-100035811-large.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intel&#8217;s highest clocked desktop processor is the i7-3970X Processor Extreme Edition. It has six cores and runs at 3.5 GHz base with a max turbo frequency of 4 GHz. But this Intel chip doesn&#8217;t have QuickSync video capabilities, which improves video rendering, so the fastest isn&#8217;t always best for all workloads.<br \/>\nAMD is rumored to be working on a 5 GHz chip for the FX line, Hexus reported this last month.<br \/>\nMark Papermaster, AMD&#8217;s CTO and Apple&#8217;s former development chief, in an interview, would not confirm the report. If anything Papermaster said he discounts clock speed as a performance metric, and sees it as something that works against power efficiency.<br \/>\nThe key to performance is to build strong elements around the processor, namely using embedded GPUs to accelerate workloads &#8220;in a way that&#8217;s not dependent on pushing the frequency higher and higher,&#8221; said Papermaster.<br \/>\nIntel hasn&#8217;t released the performance specs for its new Haswell chips, the fourth generation of its Core processor line, that&#8217;s due next month. Early reports show it running at clock speeds similar to what&#8217;s now available.<br \/>\nIntel isn&#8217;t commenting on the specs, but the company has been saying, in general, that the Haswell chips will improve graphics performance close to three times.<br \/>\nIntel&#8217;s fastest chip cost around $1,000, while AMD&#8217;s fastest is at $122.<br \/>\nNathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64, said AMD&#8217;s new chip will likely be targeted at gamers on a budget. While Intel&#8217;s chip, with its graphic capabilities, will used by enterprises.<br \/>\nBrookwood does not believe that the chip makers are on focused clock rate. While chip makers may continue to try to push up clock rates within existing designs, &#8220;they aren&#8217;t going to go off and make a whole new design just in order to get better clock frequencies.&#8221;<br \/>\nRich Partridge, a Gartner analysts, said clock speed, if it&#8217;s pushed ever higher, may be matter of bragging rights.<br \/>\n&#8220;Where the true performance comes is being able to use multiple cores and graphics processing,&#8221; said Partridge.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2038581\/desktop-chips-zip-along-to-faster-speeds.html\" target=\"_blank\">Desktop chips zip along to faster speeds | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobility has all but eclipsed speed and anything else as the capability garnering the most attention in desktop processors. 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