Mafeking

Will Intel's New Processor Be a Game-Changer?

The performance of the i7 quad processors overlap those of the more familiar Core 2 Quad with performance only better at the high end of the Nehalem range.

The problem is the software. It is very difficult to write software that takes advantage of multiple processors on a single chip. Very little truly multi-threaded software currently exists that can benefit from the newer chips.

As it happens I am writing this on a desktop with an i7 processor - just another good performance desktop.

Will the Nehalem series have good performance: yes.

Will it be a game changer: hello no. Game changes await the smart researchers who can simplify multi-process multi-threaded software.