AJ STA ANA
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Dec 22, 2013, 12:36:07 AM via Website
Dec 22, 2013 12:36:07 AM via Website
How do multicore processors work? If a quadcore processor is clocked at 1.5 ghz, does that mean each core is?
Nik Burin
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Dec 22, 2013, 2:58:36 PM via App
Dec 22, 2013 2:58:36 PM via App
1.5ghz would be the maximum speed of a single core yeah,and all four are the same
AJ STA ANA
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Dec 22, 2013, 3:01:45 PM via Website
Dec 22, 2013 3:01:45 PM via Website
Also what is the difference between 28nm and 40nm manufacturing process?
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sinkster
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Dec 23, 2013, 7:09:53 AM via App
Dec 23, 2013 7:09:53 AM via App
simply put, 28nm technology delivers twice the gate density of the 40nm process and also features an SRAM cell size shrink of 50 percent. Or even simpler, it produces faster chips that use less power.
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AJ STA ANA
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Dec 23, 2013, 10:19:26 AM via Website
Dec 23, 2013 10:19:26 AM via Website
What is faster 40nm cortex a9 or 28nm cortex a7? (Both clocked at 1.5ghz)
sinkster
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Dec 23, 2013, 12:53:28 PM via Website
Dec 23, 2013 12:53:28 PM via Website
Basically the A9 should be about 20% faster, but it's not always that straightforward. A quad-core A7 with 1gb RAM would out-perform a dual-core A9 with 512mb RAM, obviously, plus would be more efficient battery-wise, though the specs you quote (40nm cortex a9 or 28nm cortex a7) are a bit vague. The 28nm architecture would allow for more cores/RAM than any comparable 40nm based tech for a mobile device, i.e. to get the equivalent amount of processing power the battery life on a 40nm board would be severely compromised.
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AJ STA ANA
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Dec 23, 2013, 1:32:04 PM via Website
Dec 23, 2013 1:32:04 PM via Website
Is the k3v2 a good processor? And why did apple have to make their a7 chip 64 bit (is this for showoff? Or simply for futureproofing?)
sinkster
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Dec 23, 2013, 4:14:42 PM via Website
Dec 23, 2013 4:14:42 PM via Website
Huawei's k3v2 compares well with older tech such as the Nvidia tegra 3 or the earlier snapdragon 200/600's, especially in its graphic capabilities, but it's fallen behind now. They've introduced a k3v2+(possibly called the k3v3) which should be pretty good, it'll be seen in the ascend P6s. As for the A7, it's futureproofing and nothing more. There are a handful of proprietary apps that benefit at the moment, but come ios8/9/10 the architecture of the chip will come into play. There are hardly any android apps that make full use of quad-core processors either, to be fair.
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AJ STA ANA
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Dec 23, 2013, 4:53:07 PM via Website
Dec 23, 2013 4:53:07 PM via Website
What phone is faster Huawei Ascend p6 or Samsung Galaxy S3?
sinkster
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Dec 23, 2013, 5:39:03 PM via Website
Dec 23, 2013 5:39:03 PM via Website
The ascend should be quicker than both versions of the sIII (dual or quad core) out the box, but the sIII has a huge number of custom roms and development that could make it a lot faster, though focussing on a benchmark app result is a poor way to discern a phone's true speed plus extreme tweaks and mods can make it unstable or even unusable.. Personally I'd go for the P6, the processor is great for graphics, 2gb ram would give it much more usable speed, and overall it seems physically better built. If you don't mind losing out on the seemingly unlimited amount of dev support on the sIII (there is some p6 support on xda) that is...
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damponting44
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Oct 10, 2016, 8:07:43 AM via Website
Oct 10, 2016 8:07:43 AM via Website
Why are the CPU graphs in Windows* Task Manager not identical?
Nonidentical CPU graphs are not unusual for multi-core processors. Each box represents one of the processor cores. Dual-core processors have two graphs and quad-core processors have four graphs. The graphs are not identical because very few applications can spread their processing load completely even across the cores. More advanced programs, like games, are written to take advantage of multiple cores and spread the processing load more evenly across cores.
How can I disable a core on my multi-core processor?
Intel® Desktop Boards have BIOS options to display secondary cores. For Intel Desktop Boards, the BIOS option is generally called "Core Multiplexing Technology." If you have a third-party motherboard, check with your system vendor to see if your system has a similar setting.
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