Just to make this clear - DEAD

The M860TU (the latest right?), can NOT support current or planned future quad core CPUs, right?

 

As long as they're all 44W or higher, no.

 

this is already confirmed in the stickied thread...

 

Currently no, who knows the future...Ask celvo, they alwasy make upgraded MB Rev. It´s a tradition.

 

is this the same one? it's $399 at amazon... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BY97JO/?tag=amazon-products-20

 

Welcome to the NBR forums.

I think you are either lost or confused.

That link of yours is a ASUS EEE 900... which is a "netbook."

.. and is not appropriate for this sub-forum or thread... since this is a Clevo section... not ASUS.

 

The M860TU might be able to support 44W processors.. they'll probably melt, though.

 

With the help of a bunch o' baby oil it might support quad core cpus
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=288935

 

Oh yeah, definitely. He'd just need a very large tank.

 

I think NP8660 will support quad core as long as you have a really good notebook cooler.

 

And a steady supply of dry ice.

 

Unless of course Intel decides to release a quad core cpu with same or very similar W.

 

Personally, i have 2 quad core desktops and i think quad cores are overkill. Don't get me wrong, they are super nice and fast, but duo core can suit all my needs for the time being and atleast the next two years im sure. Then by that time, who know what will be out probably the "intel quad dual core"

 

That's Doctor Octo-core to you.

 

Next year, more likely the 6 core. 2 years from now the 8 core. At least for Intel.

 

Intel uses Moore's law which says the numbers of transisters of CPU should double every 18 months. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

Someone has projected that the speed of CPU will be roughly be 30Ghz after five years.

I figured this is how they calculated the number. 5 years * 12months / 18 months = 3.33 Moore's cycles

3Ghz (current clock speed) * 2^(3.33cycles) = 30.17 Ghz

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/04/03/intels_vision_for_ray_tracing_exposed/1

 

Which is funny, because they struggle to manufacture processors past the 3GHz marker.

 

a poster in a place your comment here box makes it worthwhile to believe it?

Ghz mean nothing.

 

Intel will start to use different material other than silicon by 2009 which will be even faster than the Moore's Law have predicted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigate_transistors

 

If you finish reading the Moore's law link I posted you should see that intel have forseen the increase to follow Moore's law upto 2029.

"The semiconductor industry technology roadmap uses a three-year doubling time for microprocessors, leading to a tenfold increase in the next decade.[28] Intel was reported in 2005 as stating that the downsizing of silicon chips with good economics can continue during the next decade[29] and in 2008 as predicting the trend through 2029" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

 

odd, because from what i have read and to my knowledge, back when p4's were "the cpu". Intel planned to make 10 Ghz+++ processors then. They then proceeded to run into a brick wall around the 3.5-4 Ghz range and decided instead of making really fast, to making multiple core prcoessors. Then came the duo cores and now the quad cores. So as far as i can forsee they will keep making processors with more cores and small speed advancements. So the next should be the 8 core then the 16 etc.

 

because they were still testing new materials, I think they are ready to start to replace silicon by end of next year.

Share this with you, it is kinda funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_XGBy7HdqE

 

well i guess only time will tell.

 

It has been proven right since the 1980s...

 

HAHAHA! nice video!