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blowingup2012

Registered: Mar 2012
Posts: 251

04-23-12 05:47 AM

Ivy Bridge coming Monday...

- 100% improvement in performance in terms of onboard graphics

- 4-13% improvement in CPU

- 20% improvement in power consumption

- few other tidbits like builtin USB 3.0 support

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-5...s-on-windows-8/

This is really going to be a modest upgrade to the Sandy Bridge processor. The onboard graphics is impressive, but its not as good as a dedicated GPU which most laptops come with nowadays.

In terms of battery life, this will be a great upgrade. However, if you just sit at home or plugged in at Starbucks all the time then you wont notice the difference.

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WinstonTJ

Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 1947

04-23-12 02:07 PM

The Xeon E3's have already been a huge game-changer in the server world.

Low power with onboard GPU means that IPKVM's are obsolete. You can run a really robust ~10W firewall with built-in KVM.

As soon as VMware sorts out direct device pass-through or multi-device pass-through for these CPU/GPU combos it will be the new standard.

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tenthousandmen

Registered: Dec 2011
Posts: 728

04-23-12 02:25 PM

Hey loser

GO SEE A SHRINK and stop looking AT proessors

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Bolimomo

Registered: Sep 2008
Posts: 2267

04-24-12 06:39 AM

Performance in onboard graphics has negligible impact on trading. Drawing 2D candles and squiggly lines (indicators) is not GPU challenging.

Speed of the processor is important. A low teen percentage improvement is not impressive. When it comes to processors, they usually double every 2 years (Moore's Law).

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Random.Capital

Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 3848

04-24-12 06:46 AM

Quote from Bolimomo:

A low teen percentage improvement is not impressive. When it comes to processors, they usually double every 2 years (Moore's Law).

That's not what Moore's Law says.

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Bolimomo

Registered: Sep 2008
Posts: 2267

04-24-12 07:58 AM

I used that loosely. Number of transistors doubled in every 2 years. Speed, memory capacity... doubled every 18 months or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

Just that my point it I would be looking for a "double" improvement in next then next then next then next generation. Not a single digit.

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