Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:35:56 -0500 From: Yousuf Khan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling References: <4ebb79bd$1@news.bnb-lp.com> <4ed076ed$1@news.bnb-lp.com> <4ed3449f$1@news.bnb-lp.com> <4ed439e3$1@news.bnb-lp.com> <4eda21a6$1@x-privat.org> In-Reply-To: <4eda21a6$1@x-privat.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.52.238.84 Message-ID: <4edcf2f0@news.bnb-lp.com> X-Trace: news.bnb-lp.com 1323102960 24.52.238.84 (5 Dec 2011 11:36:00 -0400) Organization: Send abuse or DMCA complaints to abuse@bnb-lp.com Lines: 26 X-Authenticated-User: vfa100 X-DMCA-Complaints: Send abuse or DMCA complaints to abuse@bnb-lp.com X-DMCA-Complaints: The subject line should contain only the 4 letters DMCA Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news.bnb-lp.com!not-for-mail Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.intel:154 On 03/12/2011 8:18 AM, Orson Cart wrote: > Yousuf Khan wrote: >> >> No, but I'm also not in the market for any sort of aftermarket cooling >> >> system either. I figure by the time I'm ready to go there, I'll be >> able >> to really research it. Both AMD and Intel are now offering water-cooling >> >> on their next-gen processors. Also I got a pretty decent full-tower >> >> case, just upgraded last year, which already has holes drilled in >> for >> water-cooling pipes. >> >> > What took them so long? I recall years ago a Pentium D 3.4 GHz, that was amazingly > rated at 95 W TDP. Yet the Intel cooler was maximum RPM within 90 seconds of > booting. Surely they needed better cooling way back then. I think they were able to hang onto the traditional cooling systems longer with the advance of internal CPU thermal control circuitry. The processors wouldn't get to high temperatures until they were really pushed for power. Yousuf Khan