Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 13th Nov 2008 13:32 UTC
Not too long ago, Intel unleashed Nehalem, or Core i7, upon the world. The new Core i7 chips are not just new processors; they also introduce an entirely new platform, and this combination produces some impressive performance figures, according to Ars Technica. "The new performance gap between Nehalem and pretty much everything else of comparable cost is the result of upgrades to both the CPUs core architecture and the platform on which the multicore chip now runs." Respected in-depth review sites AnandTech and Tom's Hardware agree with Ars' findings.
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Elsewhere (http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/index.cfm?action=detail&id=9417...), Linus Torvalds says he's been using a Nehalem machine for a while, and really likes the performance he gets compiling on it. The other big deal for him -- even bigger than the processor -- is the boost from using one of Intel's new SSDs.
FWIW.
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I hope the vast increase in speed will also show up when compiling long programs. I'd love to have an i7 compiling FreeBSD ports