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There is no doubt about it: multi-cores are all they were promised to be. Benchmarks show time and time again their high efficiency with multimedia tasks especially, which is great news for gamers. But when Intel's developer for game platforms was grading programmers' utilization of mutl-core processors, he had this to say:
When the first dual-core chips came out (in 2005), we were at a D-minus...I'd say we're at a 'C-plus' right now.In other words, programmers are
But believe it or not, I think these low scores are a good thing. Because when Intel is bragging that no one can utilize their chip power, at least they aren't twisting our arms to upgrade.
Game Developers Adapt [via mcvuk]
