A lot has happened in the past month or two. But this stuff can barely be called interesting. Intel, as expected, launched Kentsfield and Clovertown. Nothing earth-shattering there. The only surprise, to some extent, was that Clovertown came with 1333 MHz bus. As expected, AMD launched 4x4 (or QuadFather or Quad FX), which , to a great extent, was a huge disappointment. Performance barely matching that of 2.6 GHz Kentfield with twice as much power consumption!! The upside on the Green side though was that the 65nm rolled out, and Barcelona was demonstrated. But overall, nothing earth-shattering on either side, and hence, nothing much to talk about.
In fact, if you look at Dr. Sharikou's blog, it is also getting uninteresting. Yes, in a masochist way, I do believe that his blog is interesting. But when nothing new is happening, even the great doctor is having trouble keeping up the pace...
So, what to write about?
Well, on the home front, I got LinkSys WRT54GL router, and installed dd-wrt firmware on it. The router is really cool. The configuration flexibility that this router offers at around $60 price tag is just amazing. You can assign static IP addresses to DHCP clients, set up PPTP server, configure PPPoE, and lot more. If you are in market for a new DSL/Cable router, definitely take a look at this nifty device. It is slightly more expensive than the others, but the device is well worth it. What else? I also got a 1.2 Terabyte NAS to back-up my 600 GB C2D system. I am using Acronis TrueImage 10.0 for backup. The software works great. My home network is now getting decently crowded. Once desktop, two laptops, one NAS, one VOIP router, one printer, and a PDA. All connected through a gigabit switch and the Linksys router. I love gadgets!
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I have a linksys wifi/adsl router too. It's very reliable compared to my last POS belkin one.
I had to reset the router everytime i close edonkey.
I myself visit Sharikou only because its fun to watch how creating he can become. It's a good learning experience is "spin".
Classics like "AMD frags 75% of intel", "Core2Duo makes intel frags itself" . ROFL!
you could talk about penryn and 45nm being pushed back to 08, which changes the dynamics of the market a lot. You could also talk about AMD announcing immersion lithography in their 45nm chips that will also debut in 08. You could also point out that AMD's chips seem to be coming in on time, and that AMD seems very confident that their processors will beat clovertown 40% clock/clock.
I'm guessing you just haven't checked around the internet much (it's a great place, you should try it) but this stuff is out there.
Hey your just a bunch of amd fanmunkys that dont know squat about what intels upto.
Just kidding Actualy AMD will cream intel by 40% and intel might run into some finantual truble
I am not CORE2DUDE i am just anoying him and the above post is not by core2dude ether or sharikou it is by george
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