[Info-vax] BASIC compiler in the hobbyist distribution

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On Sat, 30 May 2015 13:49:53 -0400
JF Mezei via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 15-05-30 13:34, David Froble wrote:
> 
> > The performance difference isn't that great.  Unless you require single 
> > processor performance, you can usually purchase 2 AMD chips for the
> > cost of one Intel chip. 
> 
> 
> Sockets on motherboards are expensive, and having multiple sockets has
> performance disadvantages with regards to memory access and especially
> shared cache between cores on the same chip.

True but AMD still wins there doesn't it? The steamrollers or whatever
they're called have 8 core single socket CPUs. Intel is faster per core, but
I don't remember hearing they had anything bigger than a quad for a single
socket consumer chip...

The 6 or 8 way AMDs are a big win for stuff like Solaris that charges by
the socket. I don't know/care how Windows charges.

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