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To: shades who wrote (29599)	5/7/2005 5:20:17 PM
From: regli	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

Multicore CPUs are presently simply the easiest way to attempt to keep up with Moore’s law. Demands for increased processing speed are not going to slow as far as the eye can see. With more data available, we will find many more applications to make use of it. Just look at the simple case of image recognition. Today’s systems simply don’t have the horsepower to decipher and analyze a moving image. Imagine if a computer had to interpret all the images that we recognize when we drive down the street. Speed limit, red light, green light, hmmm an attractive lady, ahhh my son is playing with his friends over there! These things are easy for us humans but extremely difficult for a computer today. Within the next 20 years, all of this will be possible. However, today’s systems are FAR too slow to do this real time. We need much faster processors. Here is a quote before WinHec 2004 about the minimum expected hardware needs for the next version of Windows: windowsitpro.com “The big news this week will be Microsoft's unveiling of Longhorn's system requirements, which are expected to be far more realistic than any earlier Windows requirements. "We are going to provide some broad guidance to hardware manufacturers about the kind of systems that will be great Longhorn systems," Lead Program Manager Greg Sullivan said. Analysts expect minimum requirements to start with a 4GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM, built-in wireless networking, and a DirectX 9-capable 3D accelerator with at least 128MB of RAM. But the recommended system could be far more powerful; either way, the requirements will likely exceed the capabilities of any PC system that's available today.” As none of us is running a 4GHz CPU at this time, my guess is that the minimum requirement will be the fastest processors available at this time. Also, Longhorn will be 64bit only. Therefore, unless you have an Athlon 64/Opteron processor or a VERY recent Pentium CPU, you will need a new system in order to run the son of XP.