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Analysis: more than 16 cores may well be pointless

ars technica writes:

"One of the ongoing themes of my microprocessor coverage over the past few years has been the relationship between on-chip execution bandwidth and the "memory wall." So I was intrigued to learn of new research from Sandia National Labs that indicates that the severity of the memory wall problem may be much greater than the industry generally anticipates."

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Spydiggity6048d ago

Just like when they said we'll never need more than a 20gig HD.

AuToFiRE6048d ago

The more cores the better, imagine being able to assign a core to each part of a game, a core to left audio, a core to right audio, a core to red, a core to blue anda core to green, a core to white anda core to black, you ca split it right down to everything and then assign multiple cores to each too like it gets really powerful with the more cores

darkdoom30006048d ago

next generation colouring FTW!

Kakkoii6048d ago

It's not the video output that takes the most processing. It's creating that video that does.

You can only split a games coding into so many threads, before things become really unstable.

AuToFiRE6047d ago

yes the graphics card does SOME of it but everything still passes through the CPU

Strife Lives6048d ago

Having lazy devs is a WHOLE nother problem.

CrayzeeCarl6048d ago

I'm a software developer (mostly Windows stuff), and I will be the first to admit that we all need to do our best to shift to multi-threaded programming, but you act like it's so easy and it's not.

It's extremely difficult to work with multiple threads and until you become a developer (I'm guessing you're not one) and experience it yourself, don't smack FUD.

baum6048d ago

A 500-core CPU was tested last year in Japan and it was awesome. So no.

karlostomy6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

Does that mean the cell's 8 cores are half as pointless?

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Review: Rally Arcade Classics Is Pure Dreamcast-era Racing Goodness – Entertainium

From NETK2GAMES out of Barcelona comes one of the most enjoyable arcade racing you’ll play: Rally Arcade Classics is no fluff, all fun.

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Ace Combat Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Promise to "Take Flight Once Again" and More

The Ace Combat series celebrates its 30th anniversary, and Bandai Namco revealed interesting initiatives, on top of a poignant message.

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darthv724h ago

That controller looks like a cheap knockoff... it should have been a proper DS5 design.

darthv723h ago

...the VR aspect in 7 IS the redeeming quality.

Abriael2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

what a dumb take.

Ace Combat 7 is one of the best games of the past generation. It doesn't need VR gimmicks to "redeem" it.

CrimsonWing693h ago

Look, I’m a simple man. I see Ace Combat and say, “Yes!”

Abnor_Mal2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Can we get a new Ace Combat, with full vr and not just three or four levels, for PS5 and PSVR2
Also if we could get a remake of my all time favorite, Ace Combat5: The Unsung War, again with full vr for every mission with DualSense and flight stick haptics.

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Rematch dev on huge eSports potential: "the game is in the players

Rematch’s creative director, Pierre Tarno, speaks about Sloclap’s thoughts on eSports and tournaments in the studio’s hit soccer game.

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