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Intel Chip Boasts 2 Billion Transistors [message #95507]

Mon, 04 February 2008 14:09

excelav

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Intel Chip Boasts 2 Billion Transistors

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080204/D8UJKT000.html

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Re: Intel Chip Boasts 2 Billion Transistors [message #95509 is a reply to message #95507]

Mon, 04 February 2008 15:06

John [1]
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It requires 2 billion just to boot the next version of Vista

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Re: Intel Chip Boasts 2 Billion Transistors [message #95510 is a reply to message #95509]

Mon, 04 February 2008 15:09

excelav

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"John" <no@no.com> wrote:
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>It requires 2 billion just to boot the next version of Vista

Lol!

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Re: Intel Chip Boasts 2 Billion Transistors [message #95512 is a reply to message #95510]

Mon, 04 February 2008 14:21

Dedric Terry

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Actually, Vista won't allow it to boot. The Itanium chips were deemed a
security risk.

Reportedly Windows 7 is in the works for sometime in 2009, or maybe 2014 -
code name: "7th Times a Charm",
aka "Oops We Did It Again"

"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:47a78d1d$1@linux...
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> "John" <no@no.com> wrote:
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>>It requires 2 billion just to boot the next version of Vista
>
> Lol!

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