Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 26 Feb 2003 00:44:38 +0000 |
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On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 20:37, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: > Steven Cole wrote: > > Hans may have 32 CPUs in his $3000 box, and I expect to have 8 CPUs in > > my $500 Walmart special 5 or 6 years hence. And multiple chip on die > > along with HT is what will make it possible. > > Or will Walmart be selling systems with one CPU for $62.50? > > "Normal" folk simply have no use for an 8 CPU system. Sure, the technology > is great -- but no many people are buying HDTV, let alone a computer system > that could do real-time 3D holographic imaging. What Walmart is selling > today for $199 is a 1.1 GHz Duron system with minimal memory and a 10GB hard
Last time I checked it was an 800Mhz VIA C3 with onboard everything (EPIA variant). Even the CPU is BGA mounted to keep cost down
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